com.hammurapi.reasoning.impl
Interface CollectionManager<B>

All Known Subinterfaces:

KnowledgeBase<F>

All Known Implementing Classes:

InMemoryKnowledgeBase

public interface CollectionManager<B>

Implementations of this interface are used to manage collections to keep intermediate inference results. Returned collections which hold resources shall implement Destroyable.

Author:

Pavel Vlasov

Method Summary

<T extends B> List<? extends T>	getList(String id, Class<T> elementType) Retrieves list with given id from the manager.
<T extends B> Set<? extends T>	getSet(String id, Class<T> elementType) Retrieves set with given id from the manager.

Method Detail

getSet

<T extends B> Set<? extends T> getSet(String id,
                                      Class<T> elementType)

Retrieves set with given id from the manager. If set doesn't exist, it shall be created.

Type Parameters:

T -

Parameters:

id - Set id.

elementType - Element type.

Returns:

getList

<T extends B> List<? extends T> getList(String id,
                                        Class<T> elementType)

Retrieves list with given id from the manager. If list doesn't exist, it shall be created.

Type Parameters:

T -

Parameters:

id - Set id.

elementType - Element type.

Returns: