IdentifierIndexIF (Ontopia)

All Superinterfaces:

IndexIF

All Known Implementing Classes:

IdentifierIndex, IdentifierIndex
```
public interface IdentifierIndexIF
extends IndexIF
```
PUBLIC: Index that holds information about identifiers in the topic map. The intention is to provide quick lookup of identifiers by prefix and topicmap.

Since:

5.4.0

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`Collection<LocatorIF>`	`getItemIdentifiers()`	PUBLIC: Returns all the item identifiers of all the objects in the topicmap.
`Collection<LocatorIF>`	`getItemIdentifiersByPrefix(String prefix)`	PUBLIC: Returns all the item identifiers of all the objects in the topicmap that start with the provided prefix.
`Collection<LocatorIF>`	`getSubjectIdentifiers()`	PUBLIC: Returns all the subject identifiers of all the topics in the topicmap.
`Collection<LocatorIF>`	`getSubjectIdentifiersByPrefix(String prefix)`	PUBLIC: Returns all the subject identifiers of all the topics in the topicmap that start with the provided prefix.

- Method Detail
  - getItemIdentifiers
```
Collection<LocatorIF> getItemIdentifiers()
```
    PUBLIC: Returns all the item identifiers of all the objects in the topicmap.
    
    Returns:
    
    all the item identifiers of all the objects in the topicmap.
    
    Since:
    
    5.4.0
  - getItemIdentifiersByPrefix
```
Collection<LocatorIF> getItemIdentifiersByPrefix(String prefix)
```
    PUBLIC: Returns all the item identifiers of all the objects in the topicmap that start with the provided prefix.
    
    Returns:
    
    all the matched item identifiers
    
    Since:
    
    5.4.0
  - getSubjectIdentifiers
```
Collection<LocatorIF> getSubjectIdentifiers()
```
    PUBLIC: Returns all the subject identifiers of all the topics in the topicmap.
    
    Returns:
    
    all the subject identifiers of all the topics in the topicmap.
    
    Since:
    
    5.4.0
  - getSubjectIdentifiersByPrefix
```
Collection<LocatorIF> getSubjectIdentifiersByPrefix(String prefix)
```
    PUBLIC: Returns all the subject identifiers of all the topics in the topicmap that start with the provided prefix.
    
    Returns:
    
    all the matched subject identifiers
    
    Since:
    
    5.4.0