de.lmu.ifi.dbs.elki.database

Interface UpdatableDatabase

All Superinterfaces:

Database, HierarchicalResult, Result

All Known Implementing Classes:

HashmapDatabase

public interface UpdatableDatabase
extends Database

Database API with updates. Static databases allow for certain optimizations that cannot be done in dynamic databases.

Author:

Erich Schubert

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
SingleObjectBundle	delete(DBIDRef id) Removes and returns the specified objects with the given ids from the database.
ObjectBundle	delete(DBIDs ids) Removes and returns the specified objects with the given ids from the database.
DBIDs	insert(ObjectBundle objpackages) Inserts the given object(s) and their associations into the database.

Methods inherited from interface de.lmu.ifi.dbs.elki.database.Database

accumulateDataStoreEvents, addDataStoreListener, flushDataStoreEvents, getBundle, getDistanceQuery, getKNNQuery, getRangeQuery, getRelation, getRelations, getRKNNQuery, getSimilarityQuery, initialize, removeDataStoreListener

Methods inherited from interface de.lmu.ifi.dbs.elki.result.HierarchicalResult

getHierarchy, setHierarchy

Methods inherited from interface de.lmu.ifi.dbs.elki.result.Result

getLongName, getShortName

Method Detail

insert

DBIDs insert(ObjectBundle objpackages)

Inserts the given object(s) and their associations into the database.

Parameters:

objpackages - the objects to be inserted

Returns:

the IDs assigned to the inserted objects

delete

ObjectBundle delete(DBIDs ids)

Removes and returns the specified objects with the given ids from the database.

Parameters:

ids - the ids of the object to be removed from the database

Returns:

the objects that have been removed

Throws:

UnableToComplyException - if deletion is not possible

delete

SingleObjectBundle delete(DBIDRef id)

Removes and returns the specified objects with the given ids from the database.

Parameters:

id - the id of the object to be removed from the database

Returns:

the object that have been removed

Throws:

UnableToComplyException - if deletion is not possible