net.ontopia.topicmaps.impl.utils
Class BasicIndex

java.lang.Object
  net.ontopia.topicmaps.impl.utils.AbstractIndex
      net.ontopia.topicmaps.impl.utils.BasicIndex

All Implemented Interfaces:

IndexIF, EventListenerIF

Direct Known Subclasses:

ClassInstanceIndex, FulltextIndexManager, NameIndex, OccurrenceIndex, ScopeIndex

public abstract class BasicIndex
extends AbstractIndex
implements EventListenerIF

INTERNAL: An abstract dynamic index superclass.

Nested Class Summary

class

BasicIndex.EventHandler

Field Summary

protected java.util.Map<java.lang.String,EventListenerIF>

handlers

Constructor Summary

BasicIndex()

Method Summary

IndexIF	getIndex() INTERNAL: Method used by IndexManagerIF to manage index creation.
void	processEvent(java.lang.Object object, java.lang.String event, java.lang.Object new_value, java.lang.Object old_value) INTERNAL: A method that receives notification when an event has been triggered.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Field Detail

handlers

protected java.util.Map<java.lang.String,EventListenerIF> handlers

Constructor Detail

BasicIndex

public BasicIndex()

Method Detail

getIndex

public IndexIF getIndex()

Description copied from class: AbstractIndex

INTERNAL: Method used by IndexManagerIF to manage index creation. The idea behind this method is for the index itself to decide whether to create a new instance every time or the same one.

Specified by:

getIndex in class AbstractIndex

Returns:

Index instance.

processEvent

public void processEvent(java.lang.Object object,
                         java.lang.String event,
                         java.lang.Object new_value,
                         java.lang.Object old_value)

Description copied from interface: EventListenerIF

INTERNAL: A method that receives notification when an event has been triggered.

Specified by:

processEvent in interface EventListenerIF