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Interface ConditionDistributor

All Known Implementing Classes:

ConditionDistributorTemplate, DefaultConditionDistributor

public interface ConditionDistributor

An interface for classes that distribute minimal conditions (gleaned from a query) across new subqueries (SimpleQueries).

Author:

Neil Mayo

Method Summary

NodeQuery	distribute(DeclarationOrderingScheme orderingScheme) Distribute minimal conditions and variable declarations across new queries.
java.util.List	getTypes(java.lang.String varName) Get the types associated with a particular variable amongst the conditions.

Method Detail

distribute

NodeQuery distribute(DeclarationOrderingScheme orderingScheme)

Distribute minimal conditions and variable declarations across new queries.

Parameters:

orderingScheme - a declaration ordering scheme to be used in deciding how to distribute conditions and variables

Returns:

a NodeQuery representing the new query composed of several subqueries

getTypes

java.util.List getTypes(java.lang.String varName)

Get the types associated with a particular variable amongst the conditions.

Parameters:

varName - the name of the variable whose types we wish to know about

Returns:

a List of types bound to the variable