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Interface key.Collection

public interface Collection

extends Storable

conceal(Symbol)

Conceal the symbol - if possible

concealable(boolean)

While this is false, even conceal'd symbols are visible.

contains(Symbol)

count()

deallocate()

Called when anything cached can be 'deallocated'

elements()

get(Object)

getElementAt(int)

getExact(String)

getTrieFor(String)

Get multi-matches.

link(Symbol)

Adds the supplied atom

partialLink(Symbol)

removeElementAt(int)

reveal(Symbol)

Unconceal the symbol, if its concealed

sort()

Called when theres an opportunity to index the elements in the collection in some ordered way (as opposed to the haphazard way they're normally treated ;)

unlink(Symbol)

 public abstract void link(Symbol added) throws BadKeyException, NonUniqueKeyException

Adds the supplied atom

 public abstract void partialLink(Symbol added) throws BadKeyException, NonUniqueKeyException

 public abstract void unlink(Symbol removed) throws NonUniqueKeyException, NoSuchElementException, BadKeyException

 public abstract Enumeration elements()

 public abstract int count()

 public abstract boolean contains(Symbol o)

 public abstract Object get(Object key)

 public abstract Symbol getExact(String key)

 public abstract void conceal(Symbol a)

Conceal the symbol - if possible

 public abstract void reveal(Symbol a)

Unconceal the symbol, if its concealed

 public abstract void concealable(boolean t)

While this is false, even conceal'd symbols are visible. It starts out as false, is set to true, and can never be reset again.

 public abstract void deallocate()

Called when anything cached can be 'deallocated'

 public abstract void sort()

Called when theres an opportunity to index the elements in the collection in some ordered way (as opposed to the haphazard way they're normally treated ;)

 public abstract Object getTrieFor(String match)

Get multi-matches. Only implemented in some Collections. (Not required) Marked for removal

 public abstract Symbol getElementAt(int c)

 public abstract void removeElementAt(int c) throws NonUniqueKeyException, NoSuchElementException, BadKeyException

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