org.gcube.data.trees.patterns
Class ManyPattern

java.lang.Object
  org.gcube.data.trees.patterns.EdgePattern
      org.gcube.data.trees.patterns.ManyPattern

All Implemented Interfaces:

Serializable

public class ManyPattern
extends EdgePattern

A Pattern that matches Nodes with zero or more edges that have a given label and target nodes that match a given Pattern.

Author:

Fabio Simeoni

See Also:

Serialized Form

Nested Class Summary

Nested classes/interfaces inherited from class org.gcube.data.trees.patterns.EdgePattern

EdgePattern.Range

Constructor Summary

ManyPattern(QName l, Pattern p)
Creates an instance for a givel label and pattern.

Method Summary

boolean	matches(List<Edge> edges) Indicates whether the pattern matches some of the edges in a given list.
String	name() Returns the name of the pattern.
List<Edge>	prune(List<Edge> edges) Returns the edges from a given list which match the pattern.
EdgePattern.Range	range() Returns the EdgePattern.Range of the pattern.

Methods inherited from class org.gcube.data.trees.patterns.EdgePattern

equals, hashCode, isCondition, label, matchLabels, pattern, setAsCondition, setPattern, toString, unsetAsCondition

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, finalize, getClass, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

ManyPattern

public ManyPattern(QName l,
                   Pattern p)

Creates an instance for a givel label and pattern.

Parameters:

l - the label

p - the pattern

Method Detail

matches

public boolean matches(List<Edge> edges)

Indicates whether the pattern matches some of the edges in a given list.

Parameters:

edges - the list.

Returns:

true if it does, false otherwise.

prune

public List<Edge> prune(List<Edge> edges)
                 throws Exception

Returns the edges from a given list which match the pattern.

Parameters:

edges - the list.

Returns:

the matching edges.

Throws:

Exception - if an attempt to match an edge fails with an error.

range

public EdgePattern.Range range()

Returns the EdgePattern.Range of the pattern.

Specified by:

range in class EdgePattern

Returns:

the range.

name

public String name()

Returns the name of the pattern.

Specified by:

name in class EdgePattern

Returns:

the name