com.clarkparsia.pellet.rules.rete

Class Index<S,T>

java.lang.Object

com.clarkparsia.pellet.rules.rete.Index<S,T>

All Implemented Interfaces:

Iterable<T>

public class Index<S,T>
extends Object
implements Iterable<T>

Title: Index

Description: An indexing structure that associates an object with a list of objects as the key.

Copyright: Copyright (c) 2007

Company: Clark & Parsia, LLC.

Author:

Ron Alford

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
Index()

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
boolean	add(List<S> key, T obj) Add an object to the index.
void	clear() Remove all nodes from the index.
Iterator<T>	iterator()
<U> Collection<Pair<T,U>>	join(Index<S,U> index, int shared) Return a join of this index to the given index, joining on the first shared variables.
Collection<T>	match(List<S> key) Return all matches to the key.
boolean	remove(List<S> key, T obj) Remove the element of the index stored under the key 'key'.
int	size() Return the number of objects added to the index.
String	toString()

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

Index

public Index()

Method Detail

add

public boolean add(List<S> key,
          T obj)

Add an object to the index.

Parameters:

key - null key positions are counted as wild-cards.

obj -

Returns:

clear

public void clear()

Remove all nodes from the index.

iterator

public Iterator<T> iterator()

Specified by:

iterator in interface Iterable<T>

join

public <U> Collection<Pair<T,U>> join(Index<S,U> index,
                             int shared)

Return a join of this index to the given index, joining on the first shared variables.

match

public Collection<T> match(List<S> key)

Return all matches to the key. There may be no null values in the key. The returned objects will be stored under keys whose elements are either equal to the corresponding element of the given key or are null.

remove

public boolean remove(List<S> key,
             T obj)

Remove the element of the index stored under the key 'key'. Return true if the element exists and was removed. Otherwise, remove false.

size

public int size()

Return the number of objects added to the index.

toString

public String toString()

Overrides:

toString in class Object