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package org.neo4j.kernel.impl.api.index;
import java.io.IOException;
import org.neo4j.kernel.api.exceptions.index.IndexCapacityExceededException;
import org.neo4j.kernel.api.index.IndexEntryConflictException;
/**
* This class represents validated and prepared index updates that are ready to be flushed.
* Flushing is performed with {@link ValidatedIndexUpdates#flush()} method.
* Releasing of resources is performed with {@link ValidatedIndexUpdates#close()} method.
*
* Notion of being 'prepared' indicates that index updates are placed in internal data structures and no
* pre-processing before {@link ValidatedIndexUpdates#flush()} is needed. Such data structure might represent simply
* a mapping 'Index -> [set of updates]'.
*
* Notion of being 'validated' indicates that all updates in this batch can be consumed by corresponding indexes.
* This mostly mean that index size permit new insertions {@see IndexCapacityExceededException}.
*/
public interface ValidatedIndexUpdates extends AutoCloseable
{
ValidatedIndexUpdates NONE = new ValidatedIndexUpdates()
{
@Override
public void flush()
{
}
@Override
public void close()
{
}
@Override
public boolean hasChanges()
{
return false;
}
};
/**
* @return whether or not there are any updates to be {@link #flush() flushed}.
*/
boolean hasChanges();
/**
* Flush all validated and prepared index updates to corresponding indexes.
*/
void flush() throws IOException, IndexEntryConflictException, IndexCapacityExceededException;
/**
* Release all possible resources used by this batch of index updates. Such resources might include
* {@link org.neo4j.kernel.api.index.IndexUpdater} and {@link org.neo4j.kernel.api.index.Reservation}.
*/
@Override
void close();
}