org.globus.wsrf
Interface TopicList

All Superinterfaces:

TopicListenerList

All Known Implementing Classes:

SimpleTopicList

public interface TopicList

extends TopicListenerList

Interface for managing and performing queries on a set of root topics.

Method Summary

void	addTopic(Topic topic) Add a root topic
Topic	getTopic(java.util.List topicPath) Get the topic for the given topic path.
TopicListMetaData	getTopicListMetaData() Returns meta data associated with this topic list.
java.util.Collection	getTopics(TopicExpressionType topicExpression) Get the set of topics the given topic expression resolves to
void	removeTopic(Topic topic) Remove the root topic
java.util.Iterator	topicIterator() Iterator for the set of root topics

Methods inherited from interface org.globus.wsrf.TopicListenerList

addTopicListener, removeTopicListener, topicListenerIterator

Method Detail

addTopic

public void addTopic(Topic topic)

Add a root topic

Parameters:

topic - The topic to add

removeTopic

public void removeTopic(Topic topic)

Remove the root topic

Parameters:

topic - The topic to remove

getTopics

public java.util.Collection getTopics(TopicExpressionType topicExpression)
                               throws UnsupportedTopicExpressionDialectException,
                                      TopicExpressionResolutionException,
                                      InvalidTopicExpressionException,
                                      TopicExpressionException

Get the set of topics the given topic expression resolves to

Parameters:

topicExpression - The topic expression to resolve to a set of topics

Returns:

The resulting set of topics

Throws:

UnsupportedTopicExpressionDialectException - if the topic expression dialect is not supported

TopicExpressionResolutionException - if the expression could not be evaluated

InvalidTopicExpressionException - if the topic expression is invalid

TopicExpressionException - if any other error occurs

getTopic

public Topic getTopic(java.util.List topicPath)

Get the topic for the given topic path.

Parameters:

topicPath - The topic path (list of topic names)

Returns:

The topic corresponding to the given topic path

getTopicListMetaData

public TopicListMetaData getTopicListMetaData()

Returns meta data associated with this topic list.

Returns:

meta data of this topic list.

topicIterator

public java.util.Iterator topicIterator()

Iterator for the set of root topics

Returns:

The iterator