com.hp.of.ctl.pipeline

Interface MutableType<E>

Type Parameters:

E - corresponding immutable structure

All Known Subinterfaces:

MutablePipelineDefinition, MutableTableContext

public interface MutableType<E>

Implemented by data structure classes used in Pipeline abstraction that provide mutators for setting the state of the structure.

Author:

Pramod Shanbhag

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
E	toImmutable() Returns an immutable instance of this structure.

Method Detail

toImmutable

E toImmutable()

Returns an immutable instance of this structure. In essence, converts this structure to be read-only.

It is expected that the reference to this mutable structure will be dropped. Note that all method calls invoked on a mutable structure after toImmutable() has been invoked will result in an InvalidMutableException being thrown.

Returns:

an immutable instance of this structure

Throws:

InvalidMutableException - if this structure is no longer writable