fr.inria.atlanmod.neoemf.data

Interface Backend

All Superinterfaces:

AutoCloseable, ClassMapper, Closeable, ContainerMapper, Copiable<DataMapper>, DataMapper, ManyReferenceMapper, ManyValueMapper, ReferenceMapper, Saveable, ValueMapper

All Known Subinterfaces:

BerkeleyDbBackend, BlueprintsBackend, HBaseBackend, InMemoryBackend, MapDbBackend, MongoDbBackend

All Known Implementing Classes:

AbstractBackend, AbstractInMemoryBackend, BoundInMemoryBackend, DefaultInMemoryBackend, InvalidBackend

@ParametersAreNonnullByDefault
public interface Backend
extends DataMapper

A DataMapper that stores all elements in a database and provides specific methods for communicating with the database that it uses. Each Backend manage one single instance of a database.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
boolean	isDistributed() Returns true if the back-end is distributed.
boolean	isPersistent() Returns true if the back-end is stored in a local database.

Methods inherited from interface fr.inria.atlanmod.neoemf.data.Saveable

close, save

Methods inherited from interface org.atlanmod.commons.Copiable

copyTo

Methods inherited from interface fr.inria.atlanmod.neoemf.data.mapping.ContainerMapper

containerFor, containerOf, removeContainer

Methods inherited from interface fr.inria.atlanmod.neoemf.data.mapping.ClassMapper

allInstancesOf, allInstancesOf, metaClassFor, metaClassOf

Methods inherited from interface fr.inria.atlanmod.neoemf.data.mapping.ManyValueMapper

addAllValues, addValue, allValuesOf, appendAllValues, appendValue, removeAllValues, removeValue, sizeOfValue, valueFor, valueOf

Methods inherited from interface fr.inria.atlanmod.neoemf.data.mapping.ValueMapper

removeValue, valueFor, valueOf

Methods inherited from interface fr.inria.atlanmod.neoemf.data.mapping.ManyReferenceMapper

addAllReferences, addReference, allReferencesOf, appendAllReferences, appendReference, referenceFor, referenceOf, removeAllReferences, removeReference, sizeOfReference

Methods inherited from interface fr.inria.atlanmod.neoemf.data.mapping.ReferenceMapper

referenceFor, referenceOf, removeReference

Method Detail

isPersistent

boolean isPersistent()

Returns true if the back-end is stored in a local database.

Returns:

true if the back-end is stored in a local database.

isDistributed

boolean isDistributed()

Returns true if the back-end is distributed.

Returns:

true if the back-end is distributed.