org.tm4j.topicmap.index .Index

The basic interface which must be supported by all index implementations. A typical implementation will support this interface plus additional operations to access the index itself. For example a TopicTypesIndex would implement this interface plus getTopicByType(Topic t) or something similar.

This interface simply provides methods to open and close the index and to force it to rebuild itself (unless it is an index which automatically stays in-sync with the topic map data.

Index

Method Summary
void	close() This method may cause the index to be dropped and any memory used to be freed.
void	isOpen() Determines whether or not the index is accessible.
void	open() This method may cause the index to be initialised.
void	reindex() This method may cause the index to be regenerated.