io.innerloop.neo4j.client

Class Node

java.lang.Object

io.innerloop.neo4j.client.Node

public class Node
extends java.lang.Object

Represents a Neo4J Node.

Nodes are comprised of an id, labels and primitive/String properties.

Node id's SHOULD NOT BE USED. THe Neo4J Server can reclaim id's. Id's are only provided to connect nodes to other nodes via Relationship's. Relationships connect nodes by their id's but can be thought of as transient and only consistent with the whole graph itself.

At this stage anything that can be deciphered by the JSON library will be held as a property.

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
Node(long id, java.lang.String[] labels, java.util.Map<java.lang.String,java.lang.Object> properties) Creates a new Node.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
long	getId() Returns this node's id.
java.lang.String[]	getLabels() Returns this node's labels.
java.util.Map<java.lang.String,java.lang.Object>	getProperties() Returns a map of properties stored in this Node.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

Node

public Node(long id,
            java.lang.String[] labels,
            java.util.Map<java.lang.String,java.lang.Object> properties)

Creates a new Node.

Note: Because this api's default implementation is known there is no safe constructor copying.

Parameters:

id - The id of this node.

labels - An array of strings that label this Node.

properties - The properties stored in this node.

Method Detail

getId

public long getId()

Returns this node's id. DO NOT USE AS AN IDENTITY BEYOND THE SCOPE OF THIS GRAPH RESULT.

Returns:

a long integer representing this node.

getLabels

public java.lang.String[] getLabels()

Returns this node's labels.

Returns:

an array of strings. Can return null.

getProperties

public java.util.Map<java.lang.String,java.lang.Object> getProperties()

Returns a map of properties stored in this Node.

Returns:

a map of properties.