org.apache.tuscany.sca.data.collection
Interface Collection<K,D>

All Known Subinterfaces:

Collection<K,D>, ItemCollection, ItemCollection, LocalItemCollection, LocalItemCollection, Resource, Widget

All Known Implementing Classes:

CompositeConfigurationCollectionImpl, ContributionCollectionImpl, DeployableCompositeCollectionImpl, DeployedCompositeCollectionImpl, FileCollectionImpl, NodeProcessCollectionFacadeImpl, NodeProcessCollectionImpl

public interface Collection<K,D>

Provides access to a collection of data items.

Method Summary

void	delete(K key) Delete an item.
D	get(K key) Retrieves an item.
Entry<K,D>[]	getAll() Get the whole collection.
K	post(K key, D item) Creates a new item.
void	put(K key, D item) Updates an item.
Entry<K,D>[]	query(java.lang.String queryString) Returns a collection resulting from a query.

Method Detail

getAll

Entry<K,D>[] getAll()

Get the whole collection.

Returns:

the whole collection.

query

Entry<K,D>[] query(java.lang.String queryString)

Returns a collection resulting from a query.

Returns:

the collection.

post

K post(K key,
       D item)

Creates a new item.

Parameters:

key -

item -

Returns:

get

D get(K key)
      throws NotFoundException

Retrieves an item.

Parameters:

key -

Returns:

Throws:

NotFoundException

put

void put(K key,
         D item)
         throws NotFoundException

Updates an item.

Parameters:

key -

item -

Throws:

NotFoundException

delete

void delete(K key)
            throws NotFoundException

Delete an item.

Parameters:

key -

Throws:

NotFoundException