RangeIndex.java

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package org.apache.jena.tdb.index;

import java.util.Iterator;

import org.apache.jena.tdb.base.record.Record ;


public interface RangeIndex extends Index
{
    /** Return records between min (inclusive) and max (exclusive), based on the record keys */
    public Iterator<Record> iterator(Record recordMin, Record recordMax) ;
    
    /** Return the record containing the least key - may or may not have the associated value */
    public Record minKey() ;

    /** Return the record containing the greatest key - may or may not have the associated value */
    public Record maxKey() ;
}