org.deri.iris.storage
Interface IIndex

All Known Implementing Classes:

SimpleIndex

public interface IIndex

Represents an index on something, usually a relation. This index interface can be used when sort order is not relevant.

Method Summary

List<ITuple>

get(List<ITerm> key) Return all tuples matching the given key.

Method Detail

get

List<ITuple> get(List<ITerm> key)

Return all tuples matching the given key.

Parameters:

key - The collection (possibly empty) of terms in the key.

Returns:

The list of matching tuples. TODO This might change to returning Iterator to allow for very large data sets.