http://www.eclipse.org/jgit//org.eclipse.jgit: Repository access and algorithms (Eclipse JGit Project)
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  • Andrey Loskutov
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  • Dave Borowitz
  • David Pursehouse
  • Gunnar Wagenknecht
  • Jonathan Nieder
  • Jonathan Tan
  • Matthias Sohn
  • Sasa Zivkov
  • Terry Parker
  • Thomas Wolf 
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package org.eclipse.jgit.lib;

import java.io.IOException;

import org.eclipse.jgit.errors.IncorrectObjectTypeException;
import org.eclipse.jgit.errors.MissingObjectException;


Abstraction of arbitrary object storage.

 An object database stores one or more Git objects, indexed by their unique ObjectId. 
/**
 * Abstraction of arbitrary object storage.
 * <p>
 * An object database stores one or more Git objects, indexed by their unique
 * {@link org.eclipse.jgit.lib.ObjectId}.
 */
public abstract class ObjectDatabase {
	
Initialize a new database instance for access.

/**
	 * Initialize a new database instance for access.
	 */
	protected ObjectDatabase() {
		// Protected to force extension.
	}

	
Does this database exist yet?

Returns:true if this database is already created; false if the caller should invoke create() to create this database location.
/**
	 * Does this database exist yet?
	 *
	 * @return true if this database is already created; false if the caller
	 *         should invoke {@link #create()} to create this database location.
	 */
	public boolean exists() {
		return true;
	}

	
Initialize a new object database at this location.

Throws:
  • IOException – 
            the database could not be created.
/**
	 * Initialize a new object database at this location.
	 *
	 * @throws java.io.IOException
	 *             the database could not be created.
	 */
	public void create() throws IOException {
		// Assume no action is required.
	}

	
Create a new ObjectInserter to insert new objects. 
 The returned inserter is not itself thread-safe, but multiple concurrent inserter instances created from the same ObjectDatabase must be thread-safe. 
Returns:writer the caller can use to create objects in this database.
/**
	 * Create a new {@code ObjectInserter} to insert new objects.
	 * <p>
	 * The returned inserter is not itself thread-safe, but multiple concurrent
	 * inserter instances created from the same {@code ObjectDatabase} must be
	 * thread-safe.
	 *
	 * @return writer the caller can use to create objects in this database.
	 */
	public abstract ObjectInserter newInserter();

	
Create a new ObjectReader to read existing objects. 
 The returned reader is not itself thread-safe, but multiple concurrent reader instances created from the same ObjectDatabase must be thread-safe. 
Returns:reader the caller can use to load objects from this database.
/**
	 * Create a new {@code ObjectReader} to read existing objects.
	 * <p>
	 * The returned reader is not itself thread-safe, but multiple concurrent
	 * reader instances created from the same {@code ObjectDatabase} must be
	 * thread-safe.
	 *
	 * @return reader the caller can use to load objects from this database.
	 */
	public abstract ObjectReader newReader();

	
Close any resources held by this database.

/**
	 * Close any resources held by this database.
	 */
	public abstract void close();

	
Does the requested object exist in this database?

 This is a one-shot call interface which may be faster than allocating a newReader() to perform the lookup. 
Params:
  • objectId – 
           identity of the object to test for existence of.
Throws:
Returns:true if the specified object is stored in this database.
/**
	 * Does the requested object exist in this database?
	 * <p>
	 * This is a one-shot call interface which may be faster than allocating a
	 * {@link #newReader()} to perform the lookup.
	 *
	 * @param objectId
	 *            identity of the object to test for existence of.
	 * @return true if the specified object is stored in this database.
	 * @throws java.io.IOException
	 *             the object store cannot be accessed.
	 */
	public boolean has(AnyObjectId objectId) throws IOException {
		try (ObjectReader or = newReader()) {
			return or.has(objectId);
		}
	}

	
Open an object from this database.

 This is a one-shot call interface which may be faster than allocating a newReader() to perform the lookup. 
Params:
  • objectId – 
           identity of the object to open.
Throws:
Returns:a ObjectLoader for accessing the object.
/**
	 * Open an object from this database.
	 * <p>
	 * This is a one-shot call interface which may be faster than allocating a
	 * {@link #newReader()} to perform the lookup.
	 *
	 * @param objectId
	 *            identity of the object to open.
	 * @return a {@link org.eclipse.jgit.lib.ObjectLoader} for accessing the object.
	 * @throws MissingObjectException
	 *             the object does not exist.
	 * @throws java.io.IOException
	 *             the object store cannot be accessed.
	 */
	public ObjectLoader open(AnyObjectId objectId)
			throws IOException {
		return open(objectId, ObjectReader.OBJ_ANY);
	}

	
Open an object from this database.

 This is a one-shot call interface which may be faster than allocating a newReader() to perform the lookup. 
Params:
  • objectId – 
           identity of the object to open.
  • typeHint –  hint about the type of object being requested, e.g. Constants.OBJ_BLOB; ObjectReader.OBJ_ANY if the object type is not known, or does not matter to the caller.
Throws:
Returns:a ObjectLoader for accessing the object.
/**
	 * Open an object from this database.
	 * <p>
	 * This is a one-shot call interface which may be faster than allocating a
	 * {@link #newReader()} to perform the lookup.
	 *
	 * @param objectId
	 *            identity of the object to open.
	 * @param typeHint
	 *            hint about the type of object being requested, e.g.
	 *            {@link org.eclipse.jgit.lib.Constants#OBJ_BLOB};
	 *            {@link org.eclipse.jgit.lib.ObjectReader#OBJ_ANY} if the
	 *            object type is not known, or does not matter to the caller.
	 * @return a {@link org.eclipse.jgit.lib.ObjectLoader} for accessing the
	 *         object.
	 * @throws org.eclipse.jgit.errors.MissingObjectException
	 *             the object does not exist.
	 * @throws org.eclipse.jgit.errors.IncorrectObjectTypeException
	 *             typeHint was not OBJ_ANY, and the object's actual type does
	 *             not match typeHint.
	 * @throws java.io.IOException
	 *             the object store cannot be accessed.
	 */
	public ObjectLoader open(AnyObjectId objectId, int typeHint)
			throws MissingObjectException, IncorrectObjectTypeException,
			IOException {
		try (ObjectReader or = newReader()) {
			return or.open(objectId, typeHint);
		}
	}

	
Create a new cached database instance over this database. This instance might
optimize queries by caching some information about database. So some modifications
done after instance creation might fail to be noticed.

Returns:new cached database instance
/**
	 * Create a new cached database instance over this database. This instance might
	 * optimize queries by caching some information about database. So some modifications
	 * done after instance creation might fail to be noticed.
	 *
	 * @return new cached database instance
	 */
	public ObjectDatabase newCachedDatabase() {
		return this;
	}
}