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/**
 * Copyright (c) 2002-2013 "Neo Technology,"
 * Network Engine for Objects in Lund AB [http://neotechnology.com]
 *
 * This file is part of Neo4j.
 *
 * Neo4j is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
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package org.neo4j.graphdb.index;

import java.util.Map;

import org.neo4j.graphdb.GraphDatabaseService;
import org.neo4j.graphdb.Node;
import org.neo4j.graphdb.Relationship;
import org.neo4j.kernel.impl.batchinsert.BatchInserter;

/**
 * A place to access {@link BatchInserterIndex}s from a certain index provider.
 * Use together with {@link BatchInserter} to create indexes which later can be
 * accessed through {@link GraphDatabaseService#index()}.
 * 
 * @author Mattias Persson
 * 
 * @deprecated this interface has been moved to
 *             {@link org.neo4j.unsafe.batchinsert.BatchInserterIndexProvider}
 *             as of version 1.7.
 */
public interface BatchInserterIndexProvider
{
    /**
     * Returns a {@link BatchInserterIndex} for {@link Node}s for the name
     * {@code indexName} with the given {@code config}. The {@code config}
     * {@link Map} can contain any provider-implementation-specific data that
     * can control how an index behaves.
     * 
     * @param indexName the name of the index. It will be created if it
     * doesn't exist.
     * @param config a {@link Map} of configuration parameters to use with the
     * index if it doesn't exist. Parameters can be anything and are
     * implementation-specific.
     * @return the {@link Index} corresponding to the {@code indexName}.
     */
    BatchInserterIndex nodeIndex( String indexName, Map config );
    
    /**
     * Returns a {@link BatchInserterIndex} for {@link Relationship}s for the name
     * {@code indexName} with the given {@code config}. The {@code config}
     * {@link Map} can contain any provider-implementation-specific data that
     * can control how an index behaves.
     * 
     * @param indexName the name of the index. It will be created if it
     * doesn't exist.
     * @param config a {@link Map} of configuration parameters to use with the
     * index if it doesn't exist. Parameters can be anything and are
     * implementation-specific.
     * @return the {@link Index} corresponding to the {@code indexName}.
     */
    BatchInserterIndex relationshipIndex( String indexName, Map config );

    /**
     * Shuts down this index provider and ensures that all indexes are fully
     * written to disk. If this method isn't called before shutting down the
     * {@link BatchInserter} there's no guaranteed that data added to indexes
     * will be persisted.
     */
    void shutdown();
}