com.exonum.binding.core.storage.indices

Interface StorageIndex

All Known Subinterfaces:

ListIndex<T>, MapIndex<K,V>

All Known Implementing Classes:

EntryIndexProxy, KeySetIndexProxy, ListIndexProxy, MapIndexProxy, ProofListIndexProxy, ProofMapIndexProxy, ValueSetIndexProxy

public interface StorageIndex

Storage index is a persistent, named collection built on top of Exonum key-value storage.

Also known as a collection, a table, and also as (rarely) a view for a database view is inherently associated with an index.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
IndexAddress	getAddress() Returns the index address: its unique identifier in the database.
default String	getName() Returns the name of this index.

Method Detail

getName

default String getName()

Returns the name of this index.

getAddress

IndexAddress getAddress()

Returns the index address: its unique identifier in the database. It consists of the name and, in case this index belongs to an index family, a family identifier.