/* * $Id$ * * SARL is an general-purpose agent programming language. * More details on http://www.sarl.io * * Copyright (C) 2014-2017 the original authors or authors. * * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. * You may obtain a copy of the License at * * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 * * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and * limitations under the License. */ package io.janusproject.services.distributeddata; import java.util.Map; /** * Interface that represents a distributed map. * * @param <K> the type of the keys. * @param <V> the type of the values. * @author $Author: sgalland$ * @version $FullVersion$ * @mavengroupid $GroupId$ * @mavenartifactid $ArtifactId$ */ public interface DMap<K, V> extends Map<K, V> { /** * Replies the name of the map. * * @return the name of the map. */ String getName(); /** * Replies if changes to the returned collections will update the underlying map, and vice versa. However, changes to the * returned collection are not possible. * * @return <code>true</code> if the changes are applied to the underlying map, otherwise <code>false</code>. */ boolean isBackedCollection(); /** * Add listener on events on the DMap. * * @param listener - the listener */ void addDMapListener(DMapListener<? super K, ? super V> listener); /** * Remove listener on events on the DMap. * * @param listener - the listener */ void removeDMapListener(DMapListener<? super K, ? super V> listener); }