org.eclipse.jgit.lib
Class RefDatabase

java.lang.Object
  org.eclipse.jgit.lib.RefDatabase

Direct Known Subclasses:

DfsRefDatabase, RefDirectory

public abstract class RefDatabase
extends Object

Abstraction of name to ObjectId mapping.

A reference database stores a mapping of reference names to ObjectId. Every Repository has a single reference database, mapping names to the tips of the object graph contained by the ObjectDatabase.

Field Summary

static String	ALL Magic value for getRefs(String) to return all references.
protected static int	MAX_SYMBOLIC_REF_DEPTH Maximum number of times a SymbolicRef can be traversed.
protected static String[]	SEARCH_PATH Order of prefixes to search when using non-absolute references.

Constructor Summary

RefDatabase()

Method Summary

abstract void	close() Close any resources held by this database.
abstract void	create() Initialize a new reference database at this location.
abstract List<Ref>	getAdditionalRefs() Get the additional reference-like entities from the repository.
abstract Ref	getRef(String name) Read a single reference.
abstract Map<String,Ref>	getRefs(String prefix) Get a section of the reference namespace.
abstract boolean	isNameConflicting(String name) Determine if a proposed reference name overlaps with an existing one.
abstract RefRename	newRename(String fromName, String toName) Create a new update command to rename a reference.
abstract RefUpdate	newUpdate(String name, boolean detach) Create a new update command to create, modify or delete a reference.
abstract Ref	peel(Ref ref) Peel a possibly unpeeled reference by traversing the annotated tags.
void	refresh() Triggers a refresh of all internal data structures.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Field Detail

SEARCH_PATH

protected static final String[] SEARCH_PATH

Order of prefixes to search when using non-absolute references.

The implementation's getRef(String) method must take this search space into consideration when locating a reference by name. The first entry in the path is always "", ensuring that absolute references are resolved without further mangling.

MAX_SYMBOLIC_REF_DEPTH

protected static final int MAX_SYMBOLIC_REF_DEPTH

Maximum number of times a SymbolicRef can be traversed.

If the reference is nested deeper than this depth, the implementation should either fail, or at least claim the reference does not exist.

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Constant Field Values

ALL

public static final String ALL

Magic value for getRefs(String) to return all references.

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Constant Field Values

Constructor Detail

RefDatabase

public RefDatabase()

Method Detail

create

public abstract void create()
                     throws IOException

Initialize a new reference database at this location.

Throws:

IOException - the database could not be created.

close

public abstract void close()

Close any resources held by this database.

isNameConflicting

public abstract boolean isNameConflicting(String name)
                                   throws IOException

Determine if a proposed reference name overlaps with an existing one.

Reference names use '/' as a component separator, and may be stored in a hierarchical storage such as a directory on the local filesystem.

If the reference "refs/heads/foo" exists then "refs/heads/foo/bar" must not exist, as a reference cannot have a value and also be a container for other references at the same time.

If the reference "refs/heads/foo/bar" exists than the reference "refs/heads/foo" cannot exist, for the same reason.

Parameters:

name - proposed name.

Returns:

true if the name overlaps with an existing reference; false if using this name right now would be safe.

Throws:

IOException - the database could not be read to check for conflicts.

newUpdate

public abstract RefUpdate newUpdate(String name,
                                    boolean detach)
                             throws IOException

Create a new update command to create, modify or delete a reference.

Parameters:

name - the name of the reference.

detach - if true and name is currently a SymbolicRef, the update will replace it with an ObjectIdRef. Otherwise, the update will recursively traverse SymbolicRefs and operate on the leaf ObjectIdRef.

Returns:

a new update for the requested name; never null.

Throws:

IOException - the reference space cannot be accessed.

newRename

public abstract RefRename newRename(String fromName,
                                    String toName)
                             throws IOException

Create a new update command to rename a reference.

Parameters:

fromName - name of reference to rename from

toName - name of reference to rename to

Returns:

an update command that knows how to rename a branch to another.

Throws:

IOException - the reference space cannot be accessed.

getRef

public abstract Ref getRef(String name)
                    throws IOException

Read a single reference.

Aside from taking advantage of SEARCH_PATH, this method may be able to more quickly resolve a single reference name than obtaining the complete namespace by getRefs(ALL).get(name).

Parameters:

name - the name of the reference. May be a short name which must be searched for using the standard SEARCH_PATH.

Returns:

the reference (if it exists); else null.

Throws:

IOException - the reference space cannot be accessed.

getRefs

public abstract Map<String,Ref> getRefs(String prefix)
                                 throws IOException

Get a section of the reference namespace.

Parameters:

prefix - prefix to search the namespace with; must end with /. If the empty string (ALL), obtain a complete snapshot of all references.

Returns:

modifiable map that is a complete snapshot of the current reference namespace, with prefix removed from the start of each key. The map can be an unsorted map.

Throws:

IOException - the reference space cannot be accessed.

getAdditionalRefs

public abstract List<Ref> getAdditionalRefs()
                                     throws IOException

Get the additional reference-like entities from the repository.

The result list includes non-ref items such as MERGE_HEAD and FETCH_RESULT cast to be refs. The names of these refs are not returned by getRefs(ALL) but are accepted by getRef(String)

Returns:

a list of additional refs

Throws:

IOException - the reference space cannot be accessed.

peel

public abstract Ref peel(Ref ref)
                  throws IOException

Peel a possibly unpeeled reference by traversing the annotated tags.

If the reference cannot be peeled (as it does not refer to an annotated tag) the peeled id stays null, but Ref.isPeeled() will be true.

Implementors should check Ref.isPeeled() before performing any additional work effort.

Parameters:

ref - The reference to peel

Returns:

ref if ref.isPeeled() is true; otherwise a new Ref object representing the same data as Ref, but isPeeled() will be true and getPeeledObjectId() will contain the peeled object (or null).

Throws:

IOException - the reference space or object space cannot be accessed.

refresh

public void refresh()

Triggers a refresh of all internal data structures.

In case the RefDatabase implementation has internal caches this method will trigger that all these caches are cleared.

Implementors should overwrite this method if they use any kind of caches.