Interface GraphNetworkComponent

All Superinterfaces:

NetworkComponent

@API(status=STABLE,
     since="2.0.0-milestone.3.2")
public interface GraphNetworkComponent
extends NetworkComponent

Responsible for managing the connected network nodes in a network.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
@Nullable NetworkNodeContainer	getContainer(Object key)	Retrieves a container by key, defined in NetworkNodeContainer.createKey().
Set<NetworkNodeContainer>	getContainers()
<T> Set<T>	getContainers(Class<T> clazz)	Retrieves containers by container type.

Methods inherited from interface NetworkComponent

onContainerAdded, onContainerRemoved, onNetworkMergedWith, onNetworkRemoved, onNetworkSplit

Method Details

getContainers

Set<NetworkNodeContainer> getContainers()

Returns:

all the containers currently present in this graph

getContainers

<T> Set<T> getContainers(Class<T> clazz)

Retrieves containers by container type. It can be queried by exact class type or by interface type.

Type Parameters:

T - the container class type

Parameters:

clazz - the container class type

Returns:

the containers matching the type

getContainer

@Nullable NetworkNodeContainer getContainer(Object key)

Retrieves a container by key, defined in NetworkNodeContainer.createKey().

Parameters:

key - the key

Returns:

the container, or null if not found