hep.aida.dev

Interface IDevMutableStore

All Superinterfaces:

IMutableStore, IOnDemandStore, IStore

public interface IDevMutableStore
extends IMutableStore

Developer level interface to an IMutableStore.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
IManagedObject	createObject(java.lang.String name, java.lang.String type) Create an IManagedObject that can be later updated.
void	updateData(java.lang.String path, java.lang.String type) Initiates the process of updating content for an IManagedObject.

Methods inherited from interface hep.aida.dev.IOnDemandStore

read

Methods inherited from interface hep.aida.dev.IStore

close, commit, isReadOnly, read

Method Detail

updateData

void updateData(java.lang.String path,
                java.lang.String type)
         throws java.lang.IllegalArgumentException

Initiates the process of updating content for an IManagedObject. Can be done synchronously or can just schedule update in some queue. If validation mechanism is used for updates, servant's "setValid(path)" method should be called here after successfull date update.

Parameters:

path - The path to the object which is to be updated.

type - Type of object (this parameter does not have to be used).

Throws:

java.lang.IllegalArgumentException - If the path does not exist, or if it is a directory.

createObject

IManagedObject createObject(java.lang.String name,
                            java.lang.String type)
                     throws java.lang.IllegalArgumentException

Create an IManagedObject that can be later updated. If object already exist, do not overwrite it, just return with, maybe, a warning.

Parameters:

name - Simple name of an object which is to be created, no directories.

type - Type of object.

Throws:

java.lang.IllegalArgumentException - If unknown type.