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yacy_search_server/source/net/yacy/kelondro/rwi/BufferedIndex.java

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// BufferedIndex.java
// -----------------------------
// (C) 2009 by Michael Peter Christen; mc@yacy.net, Frankfurt a. M., Germany
// first published 15.3.2009 on http://yacy.net
//
// This is a part of YaCy, a peer-to-peer based web search engine
//
// $LastChangedDate: 2006-04-02 22:40:07 +0200 (So, 02 Apr 2006) $
// $LastChangedRevision: 1986 $
// $LastChangedBy: orbiter $
//
// LICENSE
//
// This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
// it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
// the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
// (at your option) any later version.
//
// This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
// but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
// MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
// GNU General Public License for more details.
//
// You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
// along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
// Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA
package net.yacy.kelondro.rwi;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.util.TreeSet;
import net.yacy.kelondro.order.CloneableIterator;
/*
* a BufferedIndex is an integration of different index types, i.e.
* - ReferenceContainerArray
* - ReferenceContainerCache
* - IndexCache (which is a wrapper of a ReferenceContainerCache)
* - IndexCollection
* This interface was created from the methods that are used in CachedIndexCollection
* (which integrates IndexCache and IndexCollection)
* and is applied to the new index integration class IndexCell
* (which integrates ReferenceContainerArray and ReferenceContainerCache)
* to make it possible to switch between the old and new index data structure
*/
public interface BufferedIndex<ReferenceType extends Reference> extends Index<ReferenceType> {
/*
* methods for monitoring of the buffer
*/
/**
* set the size of the buffer, which can be defined with a given maximum number
* of words that shall be stored. Because an arbitrary number of references can
* be stored at each word entry, this does not limit the memory that the buffer
* takes. It is possible to monitor the memory occupation of the buffer with the
* getBufferSizeBytes() method, and then adopt the buffer size with a new word number
* limit.
*/
public void setBufferMaxWordCount(final int maxWords);
/**
* return the maximum number of references, that one buffer entry has stored
* @return
*/
public int getBufferMaxReferences();
/**
* return the date of the oldest buffer entry
* @return a time as milliseconds from epoch
*/
public long getBufferMinAge();
/**
* return the date of the most recent buffer entry
* @return a time as milliseconds from epoch
*/
public long getBufferMaxAge();
/**
* calculate the memory that is taken by the buffer.
* This does not simply return a variable content. it is necessary
* to iterate over all entries to get the whole size.
* please use this method with great care
* @return number of bytes that the buffer has allocated
*/
public long getBufferSizeBytes();
/**
* get the size of the buffer content
* @return number of word references
*/
public int getBufferSize();
/**
* iterate over entries in index. this method differs from the iterator in an Index
* object in such a way that it has the additional 'buffer' flag. When using this method,
* the iteration goes only over the buffer content, or over the backend-content, but
* not over a merged content.
* @param startHash
* @param rot
* @param buffer
* @return
* @throws IOException
*/
public CloneableIterator<ReferenceContainer<ReferenceType>> references(
byte[] startHash,
boolean rot,
boolean buffer
) throws IOException;
/**
* collect reference container in index. this method differs from the collector in an Index
* object in such a way that it has the additional 'buffer' flag. When using this method,
* the collection goes only over the buffer content, or over the backend-content, but
* not over a merged content.
* @param startHash
* @param rot
* @param count
* @param buffer
* @return
* @throws IOException
*/
public TreeSet<ReferenceContainer<ReferenceType>> references(
byte[] startHash,
boolean rot,
int count,
boolean buffer
) throws IOException;
}