org.eclipse.incquery.runtime.base.api

Interface IQueryResultSetter<KeyType,ValueType>

Type Parameters:

KeyType -

ValueType -

public interface IQueryResultSetter<KeyType,ValueType>

Setter interface for query result multimaps that allow modifications of the model through the multimap.

The model modifications should ensure that the multimap changes exactly as required (i.e. a put results in only one new key-value pair and remove results in only one removed pair).

The input parameters of both put and remove can be validated by implementing the validate(Object, Object) method.

Author:

Abel Hegedus

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
boolean	put(KeyType key, ValueType value) Modify the underlying model of the query in order to have the given key-value pair as a new result of the query.
boolean	remove(KeyType key, ValueType value) Modify the underlying model of the query in order to remove the given key-value pair from the results of the query.
boolean	validate(KeyType key, ValueType value) Validates a given key-value pair for the query result.

Method Detail

put

boolean put(KeyType key,
            ValueType value)

Modify the underlying model of the query in order to have the given key-value pair as a new result of the query.

Parameters:

key - the key for which a new value is added to the query results

value - the new value that should be added to the query results for the given key

Returns:

true, if the query result changed

remove

boolean remove(KeyType key,
               ValueType value)

Modify the underlying model of the query in order to remove the given key-value pair from the results of the query.

Parameters:

key - the key for which the value is removed from the query results

value - the value that should be removed from the query results for the given key

Returns:

true, if the query result changed

validate

boolean validate(KeyType key,
                 ValueType value)

Validates a given key-value pair for the query result. The validation has to ensure that (1) if the pair does not exist in the result, it can be added safely (2) if the pair already exists in the result, it can be removed safely

Parameters:

key - the key of the pair that is validated

value - the value of the pair that is validated

Returns:

true, if the pair does not exists but can be added or the pair exists and can be removed