org.neo4j.graphdb.schema

Interface Schema

public interface Schema

Interface for managing the schema of your graph database. This currently includes the indexing support added in Neo4j 2.0. Please see the Neo4j manual for details. Compatibility note: New methods may be added to this interface without notice, backwards compatibility is only guaranteed for clients of this interface, not for implementors.

Nested Class Summary

Nested Classes

Modifier and Type	Interface and Description
static class	Schema.IndexState The states that an index can be in.

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
void	awaitIndexesOnline(long duration, TimeUnit unit) Wait until all indices comes online
void	awaitIndexOnline(IndexDefinition index, long duration, TimeUnit unit) Wait until an index comes online
ConstraintCreator	constraintFor(Label label) Returns a ConstraintCreator where details about the constraint can be specified.
Iterable<ConstraintDefinition>	getConstraints()
Iterable<ConstraintDefinition>	getConstraints(Label label)
Iterable<IndexDefinition>	getIndexes()
Iterable<IndexDefinition>	getIndexes(Label label)
String	getIndexFailure(IndexDefinition index) If getIndexState(IndexDefinition) return Schema.IndexState.FAILED this method will return the failure description.
Schema.IndexState	getIndexState(IndexDefinition index) Poll the database for the state of a given index.
IndexCreator	indexFor(Label label) Returns an IndexCreator where details about the index to create can be specified.

Method Detail

indexFor

IndexCreator indexFor(Label label)

Returns an IndexCreator where details about the index to create can be specified. When all details have been entered create must be called for it to actually be created. Creating an index enables indexing for nodes with the specified label. The index will have the details supplied to the returned index creator. All existing and all future nodes matching the index definition will be indexed, speeding up future operations.

Parameters:

label - label on nodes to be indexed

Returns:

an IndexCreator capable of providing details for, as well as creating an index for the given label.

getIndexes

Iterable<IndexDefinition> getIndexes(Label label)

Parameters:

label - the Label to get indexes for.

Returns:

all indexes attached to the given label.

getIndexes

Iterable<IndexDefinition> getIndexes()

Returns:

all indexes in this database.

getIndexState

Schema.IndexState getIndexState(IndexDefinition index)

Poll the database for the state of a given index. This can be used to track in which state the creation of the index is, for example if it's still populating in the background, or has come online.

Parameters:

index - the index that we want to poll state for

Returns:

the current Schema.IndexState of the index

getIndexFailure

String getIndexFailure(IndexDefinition index)

If getIndexState(IndexDefinition) return Schema.IndexState.FAILED this method will return the failure description.

Parameters:

index - the IndexDescriptor to get failure from.

Returns:

the failure description.

Throws:

IllegalStateException - if the index isn't in a Schema.IndexState.FAILED state.

constraintFor

ConstraintCreator constraintFor(Label label)

Returns a ConstraintCreator where details about the constraint can be specified. When all details have been entered ConstraintCreator.create() must be called for it to actually be created. Creating a constraint will have the transaction creating it block on commit until all existing data has been verified for compliance. If any existing data doesn't comply with the constraint the transaction will not be able to commit, but fail in Transaction.close().

Parameters:

label - the label this constraint is for.

Returns:

a ConstraintCreator capable of providing details for, as well as creating a constraint for the given label.

getConstraints

Iterable<ConstraintDefinition> getConstraints(Label label)

Parameters:

label - the label to get constraints for.

Returns:

all constraints for the given label.

getConstraints

Iterable<ConstraintDefinition> getConstraints()

Returns:

all constraints

awaitIndexOnline

void awaitIndexOnline(IndexDefinition index,
                    long duration,
                    TimeUnit unit)

Wait until an index comes online

Parameters:

index - the index that we want to wait for

duration - duration to wait for the index to come online

unit - TimeUnit of duration

Throws:

IllegalStateException - if the index did not enter the ONLINE state within the given duration or if the index entered the FAILED state

awaitIndexesOnline

void awaitIndexesOnline(long duration,
                      TimeUnit unit)

Wait until all indices comes online

Parameters:

duration - duration to wait for all indexes to come online

unit - TimeUnit of duration

Throws:

IllegalStateException - if some index did not enter the ONLINE state within the given duration or if the index entered the FAILED state