net.sf.ehcache.search
Interface Result

All Known Implementing Classes:

AggregateOnlyResult, BaseResult, GroupedResultImpl, ResultImpl

public interface Result

Represents a single cache entry that has been selected by a cache query.

Author:

teck, Greg Luck

Method Summary

List<Object>	getAggregatorResults() Retrieve the aggregator value(s)
<T> T	getAttribute(Attribute<T> attribute) Retrieve the given attribute value for this cache entry
Object	getKey() Return the key for this cache entry.
Object	getValue() Return the value for this cache entry.

Method Detail

getKey

Object getKey()
              throws SearchException

Return the key for this cache entry.

Returns:

key object

Throws:

SearchException - if keys were not selected by the originating query

getValue

Object getValue()
                throws SearchException

Return the value for this cache entry.

Returns:

value object. This value might be null if the value is no longer referenced by the cache (ie. a concurrent update removed this entry).

Throws:

SearchException - if values were not selected by the originating query

getAttribute

<T> T getAttribute(Attribute<T> attribute)
               throws SearchException

Retrieve the given attribute value for this cache entry

Parameters:

attribute - the attribute to retrieve

Returns:

the attribute value, or null if there is none

Throws:

SearchException - if the given attribute was not explicitly selected by the originating query

getAggregatorResults

List<Object> getAggregatorResults()
                                  throws SearchException

Retrieve the aggregator value(s)

Returns:

the aggregators value as a List. The aggregator results will be in the same order they were added to the query

Throws:

SearchException - if no aggregators were requested in the query