rdf/base/idl/nsIRDFCompositeDataSource.idl

Thu, 22 Jan 2015 13:21:57 +0100

author
Michael Schloh von Bennewitz <michael@schloh.com>
date
Thu, 22 Jan 2015 13:21:57 +0100
branch
TOR_BUG_9701
changeset 15
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Incorporate requested changes from Mozilla in review:
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1123480#c6

michael@0 1 /* -*- Mode: C++; tab-width: 4; indent-tabs-mode: nil; c-basic-offset: 4 -*- */
michael@0 2 /* This Source Code Form is subject to the terms of the Mozilla Public
michael@0 3 * License, v. 2.0. If a copy of the MPL was not distributed with this
michael@0 4 * file, You can obtain one at http://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/. */
michael@0 5
michael@0 6 #include "nsIRDFDataSource.idl"
michael@0 7
michael@0 8 interface nsISimpleEnumerator;
michael@0 9
michael@0 10 /**
michael@0 11 * An nsIRDFCompositeDataSource composes individual data sources, providing
michael@0 12 * the illusion of a single, coherent RDF graph.
michael@0 13 */
michael@0 14 [scriptable, uuid(96343820-307C-11D2-BC15-00805F912FE7)]
michael@0 15 interface nsIRDFCompositeDataSource : nsIRDFDataSource {
michael@0 16
michael@0 17 /**
michael@0 18 *
michael@0 19 * Set this value to <code>true</code> if the composite datasource
michael@0 20 * may contains at least one datasource that has <em>negative</em>
michael@0 21 * assertions. (This is the default.)
michael@0 22 *
michael@0 23 * Set this value to <code>false</code> if none of the datasources
michael@0 24 * being composed contains a negative assertion. This allows the
michael@0 25 * composite datasource to perform some query optimizations.
michael@0 26 *
michael@0 27 * By default, this value is <code>true</true>.
michael@0 28 */
michael@0 29 attribute boolean allowNegativeAssertions;
michael@0 30
michael@0 31 /**
michael@0 32 * Set to <code>true</code> if the composite datasource should
michael@0 33 * take care to coalesce duplicate arcs when returning values from
michael@0 34 * queries. (This is the default.)
michael@0 35 *
michael@0 36 * Set to <code>false</code> if the composite datasource shouldn't
michael@0 37 * bother to check for duplicates. This allows the composite
michael@0 38 * datasource to more efficiently answer queries.
michael@0 39 *
michael@0 40 * By default, this value is <code>true</code>.
michael@0 41 */
michael@0 42 attribute boolean coalesceDuplicateArcs;
michael@0 43
michael@0 44 /**
michael@0 45 * Add a datasource the the composite data source.
michael@0 46 * @param aDataSource the datasource to add to composite
michael@0 47 */
michael@0 48 void AddDataSource(in nsIRDFDataSource aDataSource);
michael@0 49
michael@0 50 /**
michael@0 51 * Remove a datasource from the composite data source.
michael@0 52 * @param aDataSource the datasource to remove from the composite
michael@0 53 */
michael@0 54 void RemoveDataSource(in nsIRDFDataSource aDataSource);
michael@0 55
michael@0 56 /**
michael@0 57 * Retrieve the datasources in the composite data source.
michael@0 58 * @return an nsISimpleEnumerator that will enumerate each
michael@0 59 * of the datasources in the composite
michael@0 60 */
michael@0 61 nsISimpleEnumerator GetDataSources();
michael@0 62 };
michael@0 63
michael@0 64 %{C++
michael@0 65 extern nsresult
michael@0 66 NS_NewRDFCompositeDataSource(nsIRDFCompositeDataSource** result);
michael@0 67 %}
michael@0 68

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