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Interface IntervalIndexedCollection<E>

All Known Implementing Classes:

SimpleIntervalIndexedCollection

public interface IntervalIndexedCollection<E>

A collection of objects that is indexed by an interval That is, instead of a each element in the collection being associated with a single index i, each element is associated with a closed interval [a, b]

See Also:

"The Design and Implementation of Multimedia Software © 2011"

Method Summary

void	add(E element, int left, int right) Add an element to this collection
java.util.Iterator<E>	get(int i) Get all of the elements at point i (i.e., all of the elements with intervals that include i)

Method Detail

add

void add(E element,
         int left,
         int right)

Add an element to this collection

Parameters:

element - The element to add

left - The left-most point in the closed interval

right - The right-most point in the closed interval

get

java.util.Iterator<E> get(int i)

Get all of the elements at point i (i.e., all of the elements with intervals that include i)

Parameters:

i - The point of interest

Returns:

The elements at that point