org.jrdf.connection
Interface JrdfConnection

All Known Subinterfaces:

SparqlConnection

All Known Implementing Classes:

DefaultSparqlConnection

public interface JrdfConnection

A connection through which to send textual commands.

Version:

$Revision: 1.1 $

Author:

Tom Adams

Method Summary

void	close() Closes the connection to the graph.
Answer	executeQuery(String query) Executes a query that returns results.

Method Detail

executeQuery

public Answer executeQuery(String query)
                    throws InvalidQuerySyntaxException,
                           JrdfConnectionException

Executes a query that returns results.

Parameters:

query - The query to execute.

Returns:

The answer to the query, will never be null.

Throws:

InvalidQuerySyntaxException - If the syntax of the query is incorrect.

JrdfConnectionException - If an error occurs while executing the query.

close

public void close()

Closes the connection to the graph.

Calling this method will close the underlying Graph, making it unusable for future use.