org.jrdf.graph
Interface GraphFactory

All Known Subinterfaces:

ReadWriteGraphFactory

All Known Implementing Classes:

GraphFactoryImpl, SortedResultsGraphFactory

public interface GraphFactory

Allows the construction of a graph.

Version:

$Id: GraphFactory.java 3271 2010-05-04 21:43:48Z newmana $

Author:

Andrew Newman

Method Summary

void	close() Any underlying resources will be closed (such as open files).
Graph	getGraph() Returns the same graph instance (with the same underlying data structures - node pools, etc).

Method Detail

getGraph

Graph getGraph()

Returns the same graph instance (with the same underlying data structures - node pools, etc). A factory will only ever return one instance of a graph so that nodes taken from graphs from the same factory will be equal.

Returns:

a new graph instance.

close

void close()

Any underlying resources will be closed (such as open files).