Request.java

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package org.apache.atlas.catalog;

import java.util.Collection;
import java.util.Map;

/**
 * Represents a user request.
 */
public interface Request {
    /**
     * Request cardinality enum.
     */
    enum Cardinality {INSTANCE, COLLECTION}

    /**
     * Get query properties of request.
     * These are the properties which are used to build the query.
     *
     * @return query property map
     */
    Map<String, Object> getQueryProperties();

    /**
     * Get update properties of request.
     * These properties are updated on all resources which are returned from the query.
     *
     * @return update property map
     */
    Map<String, Object> getUpdateProperties();

    /**
     * Get the value of a specified property.
     *
     * @param name  property name
     * @param <T>   value type
     *
     * @return value for the requested property or null if property not in map
     */
    <T> T getProperty(String name);

    /**
     * Get the query string.
     *
     * @return the user specified query string or null
     */
    String getQueryString();

    /**
     * Get the cardinality of the request.
     *
     * @return the request cardinality
     */
    Cardinality getCardinality();

    /**
     * Add additional property names which should be returned in the result.
     *
     * @param resultProperties  collection of property names
     */
    void addAdditionalSelectProperties(Collection<String> resultProperties);

    /**
     * Get any additional property names which should be included in the result.
     *
     * @return collection of added property names or an empty collection
     */
    Collection<String> getAdditionalSelectProperties();
}