hep.aida.dev
Interface IDevMutableStore

All Superinterfaces:

IMutableStore, IOnDemandStore, IStore

All Known Implementing Classes:

BasicMutableStore, RemoteMutableStore

public interface IDevMutableStore

extends IMutableStore

Developer level interface to an IMutableStore.

Author:

serbo

Source Code:

IDevMutableStore.java

Method Summary

hep.aida.IManagedObject	createObject(String name, String type) Create an IManagedObject that can be later updated.
void	updateData(String path, 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

public void updateData(String path,
                       String type)
                throws 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:

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

createObject

public hep.aida.IManagedObject createObject(String name,
                                            String type)
                                     throws 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:

IllegalArgumentException - If unknown type.