lumis.portal.socialnetwork.relationship

Interface IRelationshipManager

All Known Implementing Classes:

RelationshipManager

public interface IRelationshipManager

Provides operations on the relationship framework.

Since:

7.0.0

Version:

$Revision: 15056 $ $Date: 2012-11-29 20:51:41 +0000 (Thu, 29 Nov 2012) $

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
String	addNode(String type, String objectId) Adds a new relatable node.
String	addRelationship(IRelatable source, IRelatable target, IRelationshipType relationshipType) Adds a new relationship between the source and target nodes.
String	addRelationshipType(String id, String name, String reverseName, Set<String> sourceTypes, Set<String> targetTypes, boolean bidirectional) Adds a new type of relationship.
void	deleteNode(String id) Removes a node.
void	deleteRelationship(String id) Removes a relationship.
void	deleteRelationshipType(String id) Removes a type of relationship.
IRelatable	getNode(String id) Gets the relatable node.
IRelatable	getNode(String type, String objectId, boolean createNode) Gets the relatable node or creates a new node with the values in type and objectId params if the param createNode is equal to true.
IRelationship	getRelationship(String id) Gets the relationship.
IRelationshipType	getRelationshipType(String id) Gets the type of relationship.
Set<IRelatable>	listRelationships(IRelatable firstObject, IRelatable secondObject, IRelationshipType relationshipType) Lists all relatable nodes that contains a relationship with firstObject and secondObject.
Set<IRelationship>	listRelationships(IRelatable source, IRelationshipType relationshipType) Lists all relationships where the param source is the source and where the param source is the target if the relationship is bidirectional.
void	updateRelationshipType(IRelationshipType relationshipType) Updates a type of relationship.

Method Detail

addNode

String addNode(String type,
               String objectId)
        throws PortalObjectAlreadyExistsException

Adds a new relatable node.

Parameters:

type - of node.

objectId - identify some kind of object.

Returns:

the identify of node created.

Throws:

PortalObjectAlreadyExistsException - if exist some node with the same type and objectId.

Since:

7.0.0

addRelationship

String addRelationship(IRelatable source,
                       IRelatable target,
                       IRelationshipType relationshipType)
                throws PortalException

Adds a new relationship between the source and target nodes.

Parameters:

source - relatable source.

target - relatable target.

relationshipType - a kind of relationship.

Returns:

the identify of relationship created.

Throws:

PortalException

Since:

7.0.0

addRelationshipType

String addRelationshipType(String id,
                           String name,
                           String reverseName,
                           Set<String> sourceTypes,
                           Set<String> targetTypes,
                           boolean bidirectional)
                    throws PortalException

Adds a new type of relationship.

Parameters:

id - identifies the type of relationship.

name - display name to source.

reverseName - display name to target.

sourceTypes - set that contains names to type of source.

targetTypes - set that contains names to type of target.

bidirectional - true or false if the relationship is bidirectional.

Returns:

the identify of relationshipType created.

Throws:

PortalException

Since:

7.0.0

deleteNode

void deleteNode(String id)
         throws PortalObjectNotFoundException

Removes a node.

Parameters:

id - identifies the node.

Throws:

PortalObjectNotFoundException - if the node was not found.

Since:

7.0.0

deleteRelationship

void deleteRelationship(String id)
                 throws PortalObjectNotFoundException

Removes a relationship.

Parameters:

id - identifies the relationship.

Throws:

PortalObjectNotFoundException - if the relationship was not found.

Since:

7.0.0

deleteRelationshipType

void deleteRelationshipType(String id)
                     throws PortalObjectNotFoundException

Removes a type of relationship.

Parameters:

id - identifies the type of relationship.

Throws:

PortalObjectNotFoundException - if the type of relationship was not found.

Since:

7.0.0

getNode

IRelatable getNode(String id)
            throws PortalException

Gets the relatable node.

Parameters:

id - identifies the node.

Returns:

a IRelatable that contains the identity equals the value passed in id param.

Throws:

PortalException

Since:

7.0.0

getNode

IRelatable getNode(String type,
                   String objectId,
                   boolean createNode)
            throws PortalException

Gets the relatable node or creates a new node with the values in type and objectId params if the param createNode is equal to true.

Parameters:

type - of node.

objectId - identify some kind of object.

createNode - true or false.

Returns:

a new node or a node existing.

Throws:

PortalException

Since:

7.0.0

getRelationship

IRelationship getRelationship(String id)
                       throws PortalException

Gets the relationship.

Parameters:

id - identifies the relationship.

Returns:

a IRelationship that contains the identity equals the value passed in id param.

Throws:

PortalException

Since:

7.0.0

getRelationshipType

IRelationshipType getRelationshipType(String id)
                               throws PortalObjectNotFoundException

Gets the type of relationship.

Parameters:

id - identifies the type of relationship.

Returns:

a IRelationshipType that contains the identity equals the value passed in id param.

Throws:

PortalObjectNotFoundException - if the type of relationship was not found.

Since:

7.0.0

updateRelationshipType

void updateRelationshipType(IRelationshipType relationshipType)
                     throws PortalObjectNotFoundException

Updates a type of relationship.

Parameters:

relationshipType - new relationship object with the values updated.

Throws:

PortalObjectNotFoundException - if the type of relationship was not found.

Since:

7.0.0

listRelationships

Set<IRelationship> listRelationships(IRelatable source,
                                     IRelationshipType relationshipType)
                              throws PortalException

Lists all relationships where the param source is the source and where the param source is the target if the relationship is bidirectional.

Parameters:

source - IRelatable source.

relationshipType - IRelationship.

Returns:

a Set.

Throws:

PortalException

Since:

7.0.0

listRelationships

Set<IRelatable> listRelationships(IRelatable firstObject,
                                  IRelatable secondObject,
                                  IRelationshipType relationshipType)
                           throws PortalException

Lists all relatable nodes that contains a relationship with firstObject and secondObject.

Parameters:

firstObject - IRelatable source.

secondObject - IRelatable source.

relationshipType - a kind of relationship.

Returns:

a list that contains relatable nodes.

Throws:

PortalException

Since:

7.0.0