de.lmu.ifi.dbs.elki.database.ids

Interface ModifiableDBIDs

All Superinterfaces:

DBIDs

All Known Subinterfaces:

ArrayModifiableDBIDs, HashSetModifiableDBIDs

All Known Implementing Classes:

ArrayModifiableIntegerDBIDs, TroveHashSetModifiableDBIDs

public interface ModifiableDBIDs
extends DBIDs

Interface for a generic modifiable DBID collection. Note: we had this use the Java Collections API for a long time, however this prevented certain optimizations. So it now only mimics the Collections API deliberately.

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
boolean	add(DBIDRef id) Add a single DBID to the collection.
boolean	addDBIDs(DBIDs ids) Add DBIDs to collection.
void	clear() Clear this collection.
DBIDMIter	iter() Get a modifiable DBID iterator (a more efficient API).
boolean	remove(DBIDRef id) Remove a single DBID from the collection.
boolean	removeDBIDs(DBIDs ids) Remove DBIDs from collection.

Methods inherited from interface de.lmu.ifi.dbs.elki.database.ids.DBIDs

contains, isEmpty, size

Method Detail

addDBIDs

boolean addDBIDs(DBIDs ids)

Add DBIDs to collection.

Parameters:

ids - IDs to add.

Returns:

true when modified

removeDBIDs

boolean removeDBIDs(DBIDs ids)

Remove DBIDs from collection.

Parameters:

ids - IDs to remove.

Returns:

true when modified

add

boolean add(DBIDRef id)

Add a single DBID to the collection.

Parameters:

id - ID to add

remove

boolean remove(DBIDRef id)

Remove a single DBID from the collection.

Parameters:

id - ID to remove

clear

void clear()

Clear this collection.

iter

DBIDMIter iter()

Get a modifiable DBID iterator (a more efficient API). usage example:

 for(DBIDMIter iter = ids.iter(); iter.valid(); iter.advance()) {
   DBID id = iter.getDBID();
   iter.remove();
 }
 
 

Specified by:

iter in interface DBIDs

Returns:

modifiable iterator