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+/*******************************************************************************\r
+ * Copyright (c) 2007, 2013 Association for Decentralized Information Management\r
+ * in Industry THTH ry.\r
+ * All rights reserved. This program and the accompanying materials\r
+ * are made available under the terms of the Eclipse Public License v1.0\r
+ * which accompanies this distribution, and is available at\r
+ * http://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-v10.html\r
+ *\r
+ * Contributors:\r
+ * VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland - initial API and implementation\r
+ *******************************************************************************/\r
+package org.simantics.objmap.graph;\r
+\r
+import java.util.Collection;\r
+import java.util.Set;\r
+\r
+import org.simantics.db.Disposable;\r
+import org.simantics.db.ReadGraph;\r
+import org.simantics.db.WriteGraph;\r
+import org.simantics.objmap.bidirectional.IBidirectionalMapping;\r
+import org.simantics.objmap.exceptions.MappingException;\r
+\r
+/**\r
+ * A mapping consists of domain (a set of resources), range (a set of Java objects) and\r
+ * a set of links relating them. The mapping is used to propagate modifications of\r
+ * domain elements to range and vice versa. \r
+ * \r
+ * @see <a href="http://www.simantics.org/wiki/index.php/org.simantics.objmap_Manual#Concepts">Manual</a>\r
+ * \r
+ * @author Hannu Niemistö\r
+ */\r
+public interface IMapping<Domain,Range> extends Disposable, IBidirectionalMapping<Domain, Range> {\r
+\r
+ /**\r
+ * Returns the domain of the mapping. All set operations are supported.\r
+ * Adding a new domain element does not automatically create a link to it.\r
+ * Removal of a domain element removes also a link and the target element,\r
+ * but does not remove the element from the database.\r
+ */\r
+ Set<Domain> getDomain();\r
+\r
+ /**\r
+ * Returns the range of the mapping. All set operations are supported.\r
+ * Adding a new range element does not automatically create a link to it.\r
+ * Removal of a range element removes also a link and the domain element,\r
+ * but does not remove the domain element from the database.\r
+ */\r
+ Set<Range> getRange();\r
+\r
+ /**\r
+ * Updates all domain elements whose counterpart is modified and creates new\r
+ * domain elements for previously added range elements. Returns the\r
+ * collection of domain elements that were modified or created in the update\r
+ * process.\r
+ */\r
+ Collection<Domain> updateDomain(WriteGraph g) throws MappingException;\r
+\r
+ /**\r
+ * Updates all range elements whose counterpart is modified and creates new\r
+ * range elements for previously added domain elements. Returns the\r
+ * collection of range elements that were modified or created in the update\r
+ * process.\r
+ */\r
+ Collection<Range> updateRange(ReadGraph g) throws MappingException;\r
+\r
+ /**\r
+ * Returns the counterpart of a domain element or null if the element does\r
+ * not belong to the domain or does not have a link.\r
+ */\r
+ Range get(Domain domainElement);\r
+\r
+ /**\r
+ * Returns the counterpart of a range element or null if the element does\r
+ * not belong to the range or does not have a link.\r
+ */\r
+ Domain inverseGet(Range rangeElement);\r
+\r
+ /**\r
+ * A convenience method that adds a domain element to the mapping and\r
+ * immediately updates the mapping and returns the corresponding range\r
+ * element.\r
+ */\r
+ Range map(ReadGraph g, Domain domainElement) throws MappingException;\r
+\r
+ /**\r
+ * A convenience method that adds a range element to the mapping and\r
+ * immediately updates the mapping and returns the corresponding domain\r
+ * element.\r
+ */\r
+ Domain inverseMap(WriteGraph g, Range rangeElement)\r
+ throws MappingException;\r
+\r
+ /**\r
+ * Tells the mapping that the domain element has been modified.\r
+ */\r
+ void domainModified(Domain domainElement);\r
+\r
+ /**\r
+ * Tells the mapping that the range element has been modified.\r
+ */\r
+ void rangeModified(Range rangeElement);\r
+\r
+ /**\r
+ * Tells if some domain elements have been modified or added.\r
+ */\r
+ boolean isDomainModified();\r
+\r
+ /**\r
+ * Tells if some range elements have been modified or added.\r
+ */\r
+ boolean isRangeModified();\r
+ \r
+ Collection<Domain> getDomainModified();\r
+ Collection<Range> getRangeModified();\r
+\r
+ /**\r
+ * Returns a collection of domain elements which have been modified and also\r
+ * their counterparts in the mapping are modified. These elements are in\r
+ * conflict in the sense that the updating domain and range in different\r
+ * orders may produce different results.\r
+ */\r
+ Collection<Domain> getConflictingDomainElements();\r
+\r
+ /**\r
+ * Returns a collection of range elements which have been modified and also\r
+ * their counterparts in the mapping are modified. These elements are in\r
+ * conflict in the sense that the updating domain and range in different\r
+ * orders may produce different results.\r
+ */\r
+ Collection<Range> getConflictingRangeElements();\r
+\r
+ /**\r
+ * Adds a listener for domain and range modifications.\r
+ */\r
+ void addMappingListener(IMappingListener listener);\r
+\r
+ /**\r
+ * Removes a previously added listener.\r
+ */\r
+ void removeMappingListener(IMappingListener listener);\r
+\r
+}\r