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Interface ITreeFactory

public interface ITreeFactory

The creator of trees.

Version:

$Id: ITreeFactory.html,v 1.1 2002/10/08 00:51:18 tonyj Exp $

Author:

Tony Johnson, Andreas Pfeiffer, Mark Donszelmann, Guy Barrand

Source Code:

ITreeFactory.java

Method Summary

ITree	create() Creates an in memory tree.
ITree	create(String storeName) Creates a new tree and associates it with a store.
ITree	create(String storeName, boolean readOnly, boolean exists) Creates a new tree and associates it with a store.
ITree	create(String storeName, boolean readOnly, boolean exists, String storeType) Creates a new tree and associates it with a store.
ITree	create(String storeName, String storeType) Creates a new tree and associates it with a store.

Method Detail

create

public ITree create()

Creates an in memory tree. Cannot be associated with a file.

create

public ITree create(String storeName)
             throws IllegalArgumentException,
                    IOException

Creates a new tree and associates it with a store. The store is assumed to be read/write. The store will be created if it does not exist.

Parameters:

storeName - The name for the store.

Throws:

IOException - if the store already exists

create

public ITree create(String storeName,
                    String storeType)
             throws IllegalArgumentException,
                    IOException

Creates a new tree and associates it with a store. The store is assumed to be read/write. The store will be created if it does not exist.

Parameters:

storeName - The name for the store.

storeType - Implementation specific string, may control store type

create

public ITree create(String storeName,
                    boolean readOnly,
                    boolean exists)
             throws IllegalArgumentException,
                    IOException

Creates a new tree and associates it with a store.

Parameters:

readOnly - If true the store is opened readonly, an exception if it does not exist

exists - If true the file must exist, if false the file will be created

storeName - The name of the store

create

public ITree create(String storeName,
                    boolean readOnly,
                    boolean exists,
                    String storeType)
             throws IllegalArgumentException,
                    IOException

Creates a new tree and associates it with a store.

Parameters:

readOnly - If true the store is opened readonly, an exception if it does not exist

exists - If true the file must exist, if false the file will be created

storeName - The name of the store