org.openrdf.query
Interface BindingSet

All Superinterfaces:

Iterable<Binding>

All Known Implementing Classes:

EmptyBindingSet, ListBindingSet, MapBindingSet, QueryBindingSet

public interface BindingSet
extends Iterable<Binding>

A BindingSet is a set of named value bindings, which is used a.o. to represent a single query solution. Values are indexed by name of the binding which typically corresponds to the names of the variables used in the projection of the orginal query.

Method Summary

boolean	equals(Object o) Compares a BindingSet object to another object.
Binding	getBinding(String bindingName) Gets the binding with the specified name from this BindingSet.
Set<String>	getBindingNames() Gets the names of the bindings in this BindingSet.
Value	getValue(String bindingName) Gets the value of the binding with the specified name from this BindingSet.
boolean	hasBinding(String bindingName) Checks whether this BindingSet has a binding with the specified name.
int	hashCode() The hash code of a binding is defined as the bit-wise XOR of the hash codes of its bindings:
Iterator<Binding>	iterator() Creates an iterator over the bindings in this BindingSet.
int	size() Returns the number of bindings in this BindingSet.

Method Detail

iterator

Iterator<Binding> iterator()

Creates an iterator over the bindings in this BindingSet. This only returns bindings with non-null values. An implementation is free to return the bindings in arbitrary order.

Specified by:

iterator in interface Iterable<Binding>

getBindingNames

Set<String> getBindingNames()

Gets the names of the bindings in this BindingSet.

Returns:

A set of binding names.

getBinding

Binding getBinding(String bindingName)

Gets the binding with the specified name from this BindingSet.

Parameters:

bindingName - The name of the binding.

Returns:

The binding with the specified name, or null if there is no such binding in this BindingSet.

hasBinding

boolean hasBinding(String bindingName)

Checks whether this BindingSet has a binding with the specified name.

Parameters:

bindingName - The name of the binding.

Returns:

true if this BindingSet has a binding with the specified name, false otherwise.

getValue

Value getValue(String bindingName)

Gets the value of the binding with the specified name from this BindingSet.

Parameters:

bindingName - The name of the binding.

Returns:

The value of the binding with the specified name, or null if there is no such binding in this BindingSet.

size

int size()

Returns the number of bindings in this BindingSet.

Returns:

The number of bindings in this BindingSet.

equals

boolean equals(Object o)

Compares a BindingSet object to another object.

Overrides:

equals in class Object

Parameters:

o - The object to compare this binding to.

Returns:

true if the other object is an instance of BindingSet and it contains the same set of bindings (disregarding order), false otherwise.

hashCode

int hashCode()

The hash code of a binding is defined as the bit-wise XOR of the hash codes of its bindings:

 int hashCode = 0;
 for (Binding binding : this) {
        hashCode ˆ= binding.hashCode();
 }
 

Note: the calculated hash code intentionally does not dependent on the order in which the bindings are iterated over.

Overrides:

hashCode in class Object

Returns:

A hash code for the BindingSet.