triplestore.java

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/*
 (c) Copyright 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007 Hewlett-Packard Development Company, LP, all rights reserved.
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 $Id: TripleStore.java,v 1.7 2007/01/02 11:48:28 andy_seaborne Exp $
 */

package com.hp.hpl.jena.graph.impl;

import com.hp.hpl.jena.graph.*;
import com.hp.hpl.jena.util.iterator.ExtendedIterator;

/**
     TripleStore - interface for bulk storage of triples used in composed graphs.
     @author kers
*/
public interface TripleStore
    {
    /**
         Destroy this triple store - discard the indexes.
    */
    public abstract void close();

    /**
         Add a triple to this triple store.
    */
    public abstract void add( Triple t );

    /**
         Remove a triple from this triple store.
    */
    public abstract void delete( Triple t );

    /**
         Answer the size (number of triples) of this triple store.
    */
    public abstract int size();

    /**
         Answer true iff this triple store is empty.
    */
    public abstract boolean isEmpty();

    /**
         Answer true iff this triple store contains the (concrete) triple <code>t</code>.
    */
    public abstract boolean contains( Triple t );

    /**
         Answer an setwise iterator over all the subjects of triples in this store.
    */
    public ExtendedIterator listSubjects();
    
    /**
         Answer an iterator over all the predicates of triples in this store.
    */
    public ExtendedIterator listPredicates();
    
    /**
         Answer an setwise iterator over all the objects of triples in this store.
    */    
    public ExtendedIterator listObjects();
    
    /** 
         Answer an ExtendedIterator returning all the triples from this store that
         match the pattern <code>m = (S, P, O)</code>.
    */
    public abstract ExtendedIterator find( TripleMatch tm );

    /**
        Clear this store, ie remove all triples from it.
    */
    public abstract void clear();
    }

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