org.neo4j.kernel
Enum Uniqueness

java.lang.Object
  java.lang.Enum<Uniqueness>
      org.neo4j.kernel.Uniqueness

All Implemented Interfaces:

Serializable, Comparable<Uniqueness>, UniquenessFactory

public enum Uniqueness
extends Enum<Uniqueness>
implements UniquenessFactory

Contains some uniqueness modes that are very common in traversals, for example uniqueness of nodes or relationships to visit during a traversal.

Enum Constant Summary

NODE_GLOBAL
A node cannot be traversed more than once.

NODE_PATH
For each returned node there's a unique path from the start node to it.

NODE_RECENT
This is like NODE_GLOBAL, but only guarantees uniqueness among the most recent visited nodes, with a configurable count.

NONE
No restriction (the user will have to manage it).

RELATIONSHIP_GLOBAL
A relationship cannot be traversed more than once, whereas nodes can.

RELATIONSHIP_PATH
For each returned node there's a (relationship wise) unique path from the start node to it.

RELATIONSHIP_RECENT
Same as for NODE_RECENT, but for relationships.

Method Summary

static Uniqueness	valueOf(String name) Returns the enum constant of this type with the specified name.
static Uniqueness[]	values() Returns an array containing the constants of this enum type, in the order they are declared.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Enum

clone, compareTo, equals, finalize, getDeclaringClass, hashCode, name, ordinal, toString, valueOf

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

getClass, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Methods inherited from interface org.neo4j.graphdb.traversal.UniquenessFactory

create

Enum Constant Detail

NODE_GLOBAL

public static final Uniqueness NODE_GLOBAL

A node cannot be traversed more than once. This is what the legacy traversal framework does.

NODE_PATH

public static final Uniqueness NODE_PATH

For each returned node there's a unique path from the start node to it.

NODE_RECENT

public static final Uniqueness NODE_RECENT

This is like NODE_GLOBAL, but only guarantees uniqueness among the most recent visited nodes, with a configurable count. Traversing a huge graph is quite memory intensive in that it keeps track of all the nodes it has visited. For huge graphs a traverser can hog all the memory in the JVM, causing OutOfMemoryError. Together with this Uniqueness you can supply a count, which is the number of most recent visited nodes. This can cause a node to be visited more than once, but scales infinitely.

RELATIONSHIP_GLOBAL

public static final Uniqueness RELATIONSHIP_GLOBAL

A relationship cannot be traversed more than once, whereas nodes can.

RELATIONSHIP_PATH

public static final Uniqueness RELATIONSHIP_PATH

For each returned node there's a (relationship wise) unique path from the start node to it.

RELATIONSHIP_RECENT

public static final Uniqueness RELATIONSHIP_RECENT

Same as for NODE_RECENT, but for relationships.

NONE

public static final Uniqueness NONE

No restriction (the user will have to manage it).

Method Detail

values

public static Uniqueness[] values()

Returns an array containing the constants of this enum type, in the order they are declared. This method may be used to iterate over the constants as follows:

for (Uniqueness c : Uniqueness.values())
    System.out.println(c);

Returns:

an array containing the constants of this enum type, in the order they are declared

valueOf

public static Uniqueness valueOf(String name)

Returns the enum constant of this type with the specified name. The string must match exactly an identifier used to declare an enum constant in this type. (Extraneous whitespace characters are not permitted.)

Parameters:

name - the name of the enum constant to be returned.

Returns:

the enum constant with the specified name

Throws:

IllegalArgumentException - if this enum type has no constant with the specified name

NullPointerException - if the argument is null