net.ontopia.topicmaps.query.core

Interface QueryProcessorFactoryIF

All Known Implementing Classes:

TologQueryProcessorFactory

public interface QueryProcessorFactoryIF

PUBLIC: Interface for query language implementations. An instance of a QueryProcessorFactoryIF create an appropriate QueryProcessorIF for the provided TopicMapIF.

Since:

5.1

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
QueryProcessorIF	createQueryProcessor(TopicMapIF topicmap, LocatorIF base, Map<String,String> properties) PUBLIC: Creates a new QueryProcessorIF instance to query a given topic map.
String	getQueryLanguage() PUBLIC: Returns the query language that is used by this QueryProcessorFactoryIF implementation.

Method Detail

getQueryLanguage

String getQueryLanguage()

PUBLIC: Returns the query language that is used by this QueryProcessorFactoryIF implementation.

Returns:

the name of this QueryProcessorFactoryIF implementation.

createQueryProcessor

QueryProcessorIF createQueryProcessor(TopicMapIF topicmap,
                                      LocatorIF base,
                                      Map<String,String> properties)

PUBLIC: Creates a new QueryProcessorIF instance to query a given topic map.

Parameters:

topicmap - the topic map to be used by the query processor.

base - base address of the topic map if known.

properties - additional properties used to configure the query processor.

Returns:

a QueryProcessorIF instance that can be used to query the topic map.