graphdb/api/src/main/java/org/apache/atlas/repository/graphdb/AtlasVertexQuery.java

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package org.apache.atlas.repository.graphdb;

/**
 * A query against a particular vertex. 
 *
 * @param <V> vertex class used by the graph
 * @param <E> edge class used by the graph 
 */
public interface AtlasVertexQuery<V,E> {

    /**
     * Specifies the edge direction that should be query
     * 
     * @param queryDirection
     * @return
     */
    AtlasVertexQuery<V,E> direction(AtlasEdgeDirection queryDirection);

    /**
     * Returns the vertices that satisfy the query condition.
     * 
     * @return
     */
    Iterable<AtlasVertex<V,E>> vertices();

    /**
     * Returns the incident edges that satisfy the query condition.
     * @return
     */
    Iterable<AtlasEdge<V,E>> edges();

    /**
     * Returns the number of elements that match the query.
     * @return
     */
    long count();

}