org.hypergraphdb.type
Interface HGCompositeType

All Superinterfaces:

HGAtomType, HGGraphHolder

All Known Implementing Classes:

HGAbstractCompositeType, JavaAbstractBinding, JavaBeanBinding, JavaObjectBinding, RecordType, SlotType

public interface HGCompositeType
extends HGAtomType

A HGCompositeType represents a HyperGraph type with several dimensions. Each dimension has a name and is represented by a HGProjection.

Author:

Borislav Iordanov

Method Summary

java.util.Iterator<java.lang.String>	getDimensionNames() Return an Iterator listing the names of all dimensions of this composite type.
HGProjection	getProjection(java.lang.String dimensionName) Get the projection function for a particular dimension.

Methods inherited from interface org.hypergraphdb.type.HGAtomType

make, release, store, subsumes

Methods inherited from interface org.hypergraphdb.HGGraphHolder

setHyperGraph

Method Detail

getDimensionNames

java.util.Iterator<java.lang.String> getDimensionNames()

Return an Iterator listing the names of all dimensions of this composite type. A projection function can be obtained through the getProjection method.

getProjection

HGProjection getProjection(java.lang.String dimensionName)

Get the projection function for a particular dimension.

Parameters:

dimensionName - The name of the dimension.

Returns:

The HGProjection instance.