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package org.netxilia.api.operation;
import java.util.List;
import org.netxilia.api.concurrent.IListenableFuture;
import org.netxilia.api.formula.Formula;
import org.netxilia.api.model.ISheet;
import org.netxilia.api.reference.CellReference;
/**
* The implementor of this class will create a separate actor for each of the operation. Thus long operation on a sheet
* will not block the sheet.
*
* @author <a href='mailto:ax.craciun@gmail.com'>Alexandru Craciun</a>
*
*/
public interface ISheetOperations {
/**
*
* @param sheetName
* @param filter
* is a boolean formula. TODO how to express column C = xxx
* @return the list of row ids matching the expression
*/
public IListenableFuture<List<Integer>> filter(ISheet sheet, Formula filter);
/**
* returns the first cell after the given one, matching the formula or null if none found
*
* @param sheet
* @param startRef
* @param searchFormula
* @return
*/
public IListenableFuture<CellReference> find(ISheet sheet, CellReference startRef, Formula searchFormula);
}