org.hypergraphdb.type

Interface HGRefCountedType

All Known Implementing Classes:

BooleanType, ByteType, CalendarType, CharType, DateType, DateTypeBase, DoubleType, FloatType, HGHandleType, IntType, LongType, NumericTypeBase, PrimitiveTypeBase, ShortType, StringType, TimestampType

public interface HGRefCountedType

A marker interface indicating that a given HGAtomType implementation is reference-counted. This means that distinct values of the given type are stored only once in permanent storage and a count is maintained for each separate enclosing type or atom that references them.

Author:

Borislav Iordanov