org._3pq.jgrapht.graph
Interface EdgeListFactory


public interface EdgeListFactory

A factory for edge lists. This interface allows the creator of a graph to choose the List implementation used internally by the graph to maintain lists of edges. This provides control over performance tradeoffs between memory and CPU usage.

Version:
$Id: EdgeListFactory.java,v 1.1 2005/06/02 03:25:17 perfecthash Exp $
Author:
John V. Sichi

Method Summary
 java.util.List createEdgeList(java.lang.Object vertex)
          Create a new edge list for a particular vertex.
 

Method Detail

createEdgeList

public java.util.List createEdgeList(java.lang.Object vertex)
Create a new edge list for a particular vertex.

Parameters:
vertex - the vertex for which the edge list is being created; sophisticated factories may be able to use this information to choose an optimal list representation (e.g. ArrayList for a vertex expected to have low degree, and TreeList for a vertex expected to have high degree)
Returns:
new list