Package science.aist.gtf.graph.factory

Interface GraphFactory

All Known Implementing Classes:

DefaultGraphFactory

public interface GraphFactory

Interface for a graph factory

Since:

1.0

Author:

Andreas Pointner

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
<V,E> Edge<V,E>	createEdge(E elem)	Returns a new instance of an edge
<V,E> EdgeView<V,E>	createEdgeView(Edge<V,E> viewedEdge)	Returns a new instance of an edge view
<V,E> Graph<V,E>	createGraph(GraphStateAccessor<V,E> graphState)	Returns a new instance of a graph
<V,E> GraphState<V,E>	createGraphState()	Returns a new instance of a graph state
<T> MetaTag<T>	createMetaTag()	Returns a new instance of a meta tag
default <T> MetaTag<T>	createMetaTag(String key, T value)	Returns a new instance of a meta tag with key and value set
<V,E> Vertex<V,E>	createVertex(V elem)	Returns a new instance of a vertex with elem as decorated value
<V,E> VertexView<V,E>	createVertexView(Vertex<V,E> viewedVertex)	Returns a new instance of a Vertex view

Method Detail

createGraphState

<V,E> GraphState<V,E> createGraphState()

Returns a new instance of a graph state

Type Parameters:

V - the type of the decorated vertex value

E - the type of the decorated edge value

Returns:

a new graph state instance

createGraph

<V,E> Graph<V,E> createGraph(GraphStateAccessor<V,E> graphState)

Returns a new instance of a graph

Type Parameters:

V - the type of the decorated vertex value

E - the type of the decorated edge value

Parameters:

graphState - the internal data state representation of the graph

Returns:

the created graph

createVertex

<V,E> Vertex<V,E> createVertex(V elem)

Returns a new instance of a vertex with elem as decorated value

Type Parameters:

V - the type of the decorated vertex value

E - the type of the decorated edge value

Parameters:

elem - the value to be decorated by the vertex

Returns:

the created vertex

createVertexView

<V,E> VertexView<V,E> createVertexView(Vertex<V,E> viewedVertex)

Returns a new instance of a Vertex view

Type Parameters:

V - the type of the decorated vertex value

E - the type of the decorated edge value

Parameters:

viewedVertex - the vertex onto which the view should be created

Returns:

the created vertex view

createEdgeView

<V,E> EdgeView<V,E> createEdgeView(Edge<V,E> viewedEdge)

Returns a new instance of an edge view

Type Parameters:

V - the type of the decorated vertex value

E - the type of the decorated edge value

Parameters:

viewedEdge - the edge onto which the view should be created

Returns:

the created edge view

createEdge

<V,E> Edge<V,E> createEdge(E elem)

Returns a new instance of an edge

Type Parameters:

V - the type of the decorated vertex value

E - the type of the decorated edge value

Parameters:

elem - the decorated element

Returns:

the created edge

createMetaTag

<T> MetaTag<T> createMetaTag()

Returns a new instance of a meta tag

Type Parameters:

T - the type of the meta tag value

Returns:

the created meta tag

createMetaTag

default <T> MetaTag<T> createMetaTag(String key,
                                     T value)

Returns a new instance of a meta tag with key and value set

Type Parameters:

T - the type of the value

Parameters:

key - the key value

value - the value

Returns:

the resulting meta tag