package org.apache.rya.api.query.strategy;

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import java.io.IOException;
import java.util.Map;

import org.apache.rya.api.RdfCloudTripleStoreConfiguration;
import org.apache.rya.api.RdfCloudTripleStoreConstants.TABLE_LAYOUT;
import org.apache.rya.api.domain.RyaType;
import org.apache.rya.api.domain.RyaURI;
import org.apache.rya.api.resolver.triple.TripleRowRegex;

/**
 * Date: 7/14/12
 * Time: 7:21 AM
 */
public interface TriplePatternStrategy {

    public Map.Entry<TABLE_LAYOUT, ByteRange> defineRange(RyaURI subject, RyaURI predicate, RyaType object, RyaURI context,
                                                          RdfCloudTripleStoreConfiguration conf) throws IOException;

    public TABLE_LAYOUT getLayout();

    public boolean handles(RyaURI subject, RyaURI predicate, RyaType object, RyaURI context);

    public TripleRowRegex buildRegex(String subject, String predicate, String object, String context, byte[] objectTypeInfo);

}