io.innerloop.neo4j.client.Node Maven / Gradle / Ivy
package io.innerloop.neo4j.client;
import java.util.Map;
/**
* Represents a Neo4J Node.
Nodes are comprised of an id, labels and primitive/String properties.
Node
* id's SHOULD NOT BE USED. THe Neo4J Server can reclaim id's. Id's are only provided to connect nodes
* to other nodes via Relationship's. Relationships connect nodes by their id's but can be thought of as
* transient and only consistent with the whole graph itself.
At this stage anything that can be deciphered
* by the JSON library will be held as a property.
*/
public class Node
{
private final long id;
private final String[] labels;
private final Map properties;
/**
* Creates a new Node.
*
*
Note: Because this api's default implementation is known there is no safe constructor copying.
*
* @param id
* The id of this node.
* @param labels
* An array of strings that label this Node.
* @param properties
* The properties stored in this node.
*/
public Node(long id, String[] labels, Map properties)
{
this.id = id;
this.labels = labels;
this.properties = properties;
}
/**
* Returns this node's id. DO NOT USE AS AN IDENTITY BEYOND THE SCOPE OF THIS GRAPH RESULT.
*
* @return a long integer representing this node.
*/
public long getId()
{
return id;
}
/**
* Returns this node's labels.
*
* @return an array of strings. Can return null.
*/
public String[] getLabels()
{
return this.labels;
}
/**
* Returns a map of properties stored in this Node.
*
* @return a map of properties.
*/
public Map getProperties()
{
return this.properties;
}
}