com.antelmann.db
Interface SortedGroupable<T extends Tag>

All Superinterfaces:

Taggable<T>

All Known Implementing Classes:

SortedGroupable.Adapter

public interface SortedGroupable<T extends Tag>
extends Taggable<T>

same as a Groupable, except this one also supports a stable order of groups, meaning the groups are prioritized. Here, the groups must be maintained as a list (still with unique elements) as opposed to a set.

Since:

22.04.2009, 17:29:07

Author:

Holger Antelmann

Nested Class Summary

static class

SortedGroupable.Adapter<T extends Tag>

Method Summary

boolean	add(T group) the given group is appended to the list of groups
List<T>	getSortedGroups() lists all groups that this instance is currently a member of while ordering them by relevance.
boolean	insertAt(T group, int index) inserts the given group at the given index

Methods inherited from interface com.antelmann.db.Taggable

getTags, isTagged, remove

Method Detail

insertAt

boolean insertAt(T group,
                 int index)

inserts the given group at the given index

getSortedGroups

List<T> getSortedGroups()

lists all groups that this instance is currently a member of while ordering them by relevance.

add

boolean add(T group)
            throws IllegalArgumentException

the given group is appended to the list of groups

Specified by:

add in interface Taggable<T extends Tag>

Parameters:

group - the Group object that this instance is to become a member of

Returns:

true only if the group was actually added to this instance or false if it already was a member of that group

Throws:

IllegalArgumentException - if this instance cannot be part of the given group