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package alluxio.collections;

import java.util.Iterator;
import java.util.Set;

/**
 * An interface representing an index for {@link IndexedSet}, each index for this set must
 * implement the interface to define how to get the value of the field chosen as the index. Users
 * must use the same instance of the implementation of this interface as the parameter in all
 * methods of {@link IndexedSet} to represent the same index.
 *
 * @param  type of objects in this index
 * @param  type of the field used for indexing
 */
public interface FieldIndex extends Iterable {
  /**
   * Adds an object o to the index.
   *
   * @param o the object to add to the index
   * @return true if object is added successfully, false otherwise
   */
  boolean add(T o);

  /**
   * Removes the object o from the index.
   *
   * @param o the object to remove from index
   * @return whether the specified element was in the index
   */
  boolean remove(T o);

  /**
   * Removes all the entries in this index.
   */
  void clear();

  /**
   * Returns whether there is an object with the specified index field value in the set.
   *
   * @param fieldValue the field value to be satisfied
   * @return true if there is one such object, otherwise false
   */
  boolean containsField(V fieldValue);

  /**
   * Returns whether there is an object in the set.
   *
   * @param o the object to be checked
   * @return true if there is one such object, otherwise false
   */
  boolean containsObject(T o);

  /**
   * Gets a subset of objects with the specified field value. If there is no object with
   * the specified field value, an empty set is returned.
   *
   * @param value the field value to be satisfied
   * @return the set of objects or an empty set if no such object exists
   */
  Set getByField(V value);

  /**
   * Gets an object from the set of objects with the specified field value.
   *
   * @param value the field value to be satisfied
   * @return the object or null if there is no such object
   */
  T getFirst(V value);

  /**
   * Returns an iterator over the elements in this index. The elements are returned in no particular
   * order.
   *
   * Note that the behavior of the iterator is unspecified if the underlying collection is modified
   * while a thread is going through the iterator.
   *
   * @return an iterator over the elements in this {@link FieldIndex}
   */
  Iterator iterator();

  /**
   * @return the number of objects in this index set
   */
  int size();
}