ai.grakn.kb.internal.structure

Class Shard

java.lang.Object

ai.grakn.kb.internal.structure.Shard

public class Shard
extends Object

Represent a Shard of a concept

Wraps a VertexElement which is a shard of a Concept. This is used to break supernodes apart. For example the instances of a Type are spread across several shards.

Author:

fppt

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
Shard(ConceptImpl owner, VertexElement vertexElement)
Shard(VertexElement vertexElement)

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
boolean	equals(Object object)
int	hashCode()
String	id()
void	link(ConceptImpl concept) Links a new concept to this shard.
<V extends Thing> java.util.stream.Stream<V>	links()
VertexElement	vertex()

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, finalize, getClass, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

Shard

public Shard(ConceptImpl owner,
             VertexElement vertexElement)

Shard

public Shard(VertexElement vertexElement)

Method Detail

vertex

public VertexElement vertex()

id

public String id()

Returns:

The id of this shard. Strings are used because shards are looked up via the string index.

link

public void link(ConceptImpl concept)

Links a new concept to this shard.

Parameters:

concept - The concept to link to this shard

links

public <V extends Thing> java.util.stream.Stream<V> links()

Returns:

All the concept linked to this shard

hashCode

public int hashCode()

Overrides:

hashCode in class Object

Returns:

The hash code of the underlying vertex

equals

public boolean equals(Object object)

Overrides:

equals in class Object