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package org.neo4j.graphdb;

import java.util.List;
import java.util.Map;
import java.util.Set;

/**
 * Instances describe single execution steps in a Cypher query execution plan
 *
 * Execution plans form a tree of execution steps.  Each step is described by a {@link ExecutionPlanDescription} object.
 */
public interface ExecutionPlanDescription
{
    /**
     * Retrieves the name of this execution step.
     *
     * @return descriptive name for this kind of execution step
     */
    String getName();

    /**
     * Retrieves the children of this execution step.
     *
     * @return list of previous (child) execution step descriptions
     */
    List getChildren();

    /**
     * Retrieve argument map for the associated execution step
     *
     * Valid arguments are all Java primitive values, Strings, Arrays of those, and Maps from Strings to
     * valid arguments.  Results are guaranteed to be trees (i.e. there are no cyclic dependencies among values)
     *
     * @return a map containing arguments that describe this execution step in more detail
     */
    Map getArguments();

    /**
     * @return the set of identifiers used in this execution step
     */
    Set getIdentifiers();

    /**
     * Signifies that the query was profiled, and that statistics from the profiling can
     * {@link #getProfilerStatistics() be retrieved}.
     *
     * The {@code PROFILE} directive in Cypher
     * ensures the presence of profiler statistics in the plan description.
     *
     * @return true, if {@link ProfilerStatistics} are available for this execution step
     */
    boolean hasProfilerStatistics();

    /**
     * Retrieve the statistics collected from profiling this query.
     *
     * If the query was not profiled, this method will throw {@link java.util.NoSuchElementException}.
     *
     * @return profiler statistics for this execution step iff available
     * @throws java.util.NoSuchElementException iff profiler statistics are not available
     */
    ProfilerStatistics getProfilerStatistics();

    /**
     * Instances describe statistics from the profiler of a particular step in the execution plan.
     */
    interface ProfilerStatistics
    {
        /**
         * @return number of rows processed by the associated execution step
         */
        long getRows();

        /**
         * @return number of database hits (potential disk accesses) caused by executing the associated execution step
         */
        long getDbHits();
    }
}