finder.java

Jena推理机

/******************************************************************
 * File:        Finder.java
 * Created by:  Dave Reynolds
 * Created on:  18-Jan-03
 * 
 * (c) Copyright 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007 Hewlett-Packard Development Company, LP
 * [See end of file]
 * $Id: Finder.java,v 1.9 2007/01/02 11:52:18 andy_seaborne Exp $
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package com.hp.hpl.jena.reasoner;

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

/**
 * Minimal interface for preforming simple pattern find operations.
 * Should be implemented by reasoners, caches and related datastructures.
 * 
 * @author <a href="mailto:[e-mail]">Dave Reynolds</a>
 * @version $Revision: 1.9 $ on $Date: 2007/01/02 11:52:18 $
 */
public interface Finder {

    /**
     * Basic pattern lookup interface.
     * @param pattern a TriplePattern to be matched against the data
     * @return a ClosableIterator over all Triples in the data set
     *  that match the pattern
     */
    public ExtendedIterator find(TriplePattern pattern);
    
    /**
     * Extended find interface used in situations where the implementator
     * may or may not be able to answer the complete query. It will
     * attempt to answer the pattern but if its answers are not known
     * to be complete then it will also pass the request on to the nested
     * Finder to append more results.
     * @param pattern a TriplePattern to be matched against the data
     * @param continuation either a Finder or a normal Graph which
     * will be asked for additional match results if the implementor
     * may not have completely satisfied the query.
     */
    public ExtendedIterator findWithContinuation(TriplePattern pattern, Finder continuation);

    /**
     * Return true if the given pattern occurs somewhere in the find sequence.
     */
    public boolean contains(TriplePattern pattern);
    
}

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