Oracle Coherence for C++ API
Release 3.6.0.0

E15728-01

MapIndex Class Reference

#include <coherence/util/MapIndex.hpp>

Inherits Object.

List of all members.


Detailed Description

MapIndex is used to correlate values stored in an indexed Map (or attributes of those values) to the corresponding keys in the indexed Map.

Author:
tb 2009.02.09

Public Types

typedef spec::Handle Handle
 MapIndex Handle definition.
typedef spec::View View
 MapIndex View definition.
typedef spec::Holder Holder
 MapIndex Holder definition.

Public Member Functions

virtual
ValueExtractor::View 
getValueExtractor () const =0
 Obtain the ValueExtractor object that the MapIndex uses to extract an indexable Object from a value stored in the indexed Map.
virtual bool isOrdered () const =0
 Determine if the MapIndex orders the contents of the indexed information.
virtual Map::View getIndexContents () const =0
 Get the Map that contains the index contents.
virtual Object::Holder get (Object::View oKey) const =0
 Using the index information if possible, get the value associated with the specified key.
virtual Object::Holder get (Object::View oKey)=0
 Using the index information if possible, get the value associated with the specified key.
virtual Comparator::View getComparator () const =0
 Get the Comparator used to sort the index.
virtual void insert (Map::Entry::View vEntry)=0
 Update the index in response to a insert operation on a cache.
virtual void update (Map::Entry::View hEntry)=0
 Update the index in response to an update operation on a cache.
virtual void remove (Map::Entry::View hEntry)=0
 Update the index in response to a remove operation on a cache.

Member Function Documentation

virtual ValueExtractor::View getValueExtractor (  )  const [pure virtual]

Obtain the ValueExtractor object that the MapIndex uses to extract an indexable Object from a value stored in the indexed Map.

This property is never null.

Returns:
a ValueExtractor object, never null

virtual bool isOrdered (  )  const [pure virtual]

Determine if the MapIndex orders the contents of the indexed information.

To determine in which way the contents are ordered, get the Comparator from the index contents SortedMap object.

Returns:
true if the index contents are ordered, false otherwise

virtual Map::View getIndexContents (  )  const [pure virtual]

Get the Map that contains the index contents.

The keys of the Map are the return values from the ValueExtractor operating against the indexed Map's values, and for each key, the corresponding value stored in the Map is a Set of keys to the indexed Map.

If the MapIndex is known to be ordered, then the returned Map object will be an instance of SortedMap. The SortedMap may or may not have a Comparator object associated with it.

A client should assume that the returned Map object is read-only and must not attempt to modify it.

Returns:
a Map (or a SortedMap) of the index contents

virtual Object::Holder get ( Object::View  oKey  )  const [pure virtual]

Using the index information if possible, get the value associated with the specified key.

This is expected to be more efficient than using the ValueExtractor against an object containing the value, because the index should already have the necessary information at hand.

Parameters:
oKey the key that specifies the object to extract the value from
Returns:
the value that would be extracted by this MapIndex's ValueExtractor from the object specified by the passed key

virtual Object::Holder get ( Object::View  oKey  )  [pure virtual]

Using the index information if possible, get the value associated with the specified key.

This is expected to be more efficient than using the ValueExtractor against an object containing the value, because the index should already have the necessary information at hand.

Parameters:
oKey the key that specifies the object to extract the value from
Returns:
the value that would be extracted by this MapIndex's ValueExtractor from the object specified by the passed key

virtual Comparator::View getComparator (  )  const [pure virtual]

Get the Comparator used to sort the index.

Returns:
the comparator
Since:
Coherence 3.5

virtual void insert ( Map::Entry::View  vEntry  )  [pure virtual]

Update the index in response to a insert operation on a cache.

Parameters:
vEntry the entry representing the object being inserted
Since:
Coherence 3.5

virtual void update ( Map::Entry::View  hEntry  )  [pure virtual]

Update the index in response to an update operation on a cache.

Parameters:
vEntry the entry representing the object being updated
Since:
Coherence 3.5

virtual void remove ( Map::Entry::View  hEntry  )  [pure virtual]

Update the index in response to a remove operation on a cache.

Parameters:
vEntry the entry representing the object being deleted
Since:
Coherence 3.5


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