Package com.restfb

Class Connection<T>

java.lang.Object

com.restfb.Connection<T>

Type Parameters:

T - The Facebook type

All Implemented Interfaces:

Iterable<List<T>>

public class Connection<T>
extends Object
implements Iterable<List<T>>

Represents a Graph API Connection type.

Author:

Mark Allen

Nested Class Summary

Nested Classes

Modifier and Type	Class	Description
protected static class	Connection.Itr<T>	Iterator over connection pages.

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
Connection(FacebookClient facebookClient, String json, Class<T> connectionType)	Creates a connection with the given jsonObject.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
boolean	equals(Object object)
protected Connection<T>	fetchNextPage()	Fetches the next page of the connection.
String	getAfterCursor()
String	getBeforeCursor()
List<T>	getData()	Data for this connection.
String	getNextPageUrl()	This connection's "next page of data" URL.
String	getOrder()	returns the order of the elements
String	getPreviousPageUrl()	This connection's "previous page of data" URL.
Long	getTotalCount()	provides the total count of elements, if FB provides them (API ≥ v2.0)
int	hashCode()
boolean	hasNext()	Does this connection have a next page of data?
boolean	hasPrevious()	Does this connection have a previous page of data?
ConnectionIterator<T>	iterator()
void	replaceFacebookClient(FacebookClient facebookClient)	replace the current facebookclient with the new one.
String	toString()

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, finalize, getClass, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Methods inherited from interface java.lang.Iterable

forEach, spliterator

Constructor Detail

Connection

public Connection(FacebookClient facebookClient,
                  String json,
                  Class<T> connectionType)

Creates a connection with the given jsonObject.

Parameters:

facebookClient - The FacebookClient used to fetch additional pages and map data to JSON objects.

json - Raw JSON which must include a data field that holds a JSON array and optionally a paging field that holds a JSON object with next/previous page URLs.

connectionType - Connection type token.

Throws:

FacebookJsonMappingException - If the provided json is invalid.

Since:

1.6.7

Method Detail

iterator

public ConnectionIterator<T> iterator()

Specified by:

iterator in interface Iterable<T>

Since:

1.6.7

See Also:

Iterable.iterator()

fetchNextPage

protected Connection<T> fetchNextPage()

Fetches the next page of the connection. Designed to be used by Connection.Itr.

Returns:

The next page of the connection.

Since:

1.6.7

toString

public String toString()

Overrides:

toString in class Object

equals

public boolean equals(Object object)

Overrides:

equals in class Object

hashCode

public int hashCode()

Overrides:

hashCode in class Object

getData

public List<T> getData()

Data for this connection.

Returns:

Data for this connection.

getPreviousPageUrl

public String getPreviousPageUrl()

This connection's "previous page of data" URL.

Returns:

This connection's "previous page of data" URL, or null if there is no previous page.

Since:

1.5.3

getNextPageUrl

public String getNextPageUrl()

This connection's "next page of data" URL.

Returns:

This connection's "next page of data" URL, or null if there is no next page.

Since:

1.5.3

hasPrevious

public boolean hasPrevious()

Does this connection have a previous page of data?

Returns:

true if there is a previous page of data for this connection, false otherwise.

hasNext

public boolean hasNext()

Does this connection have a next page of data?

Returns:

true if there is a next page of data for this connection, false otherwise.

getTotalCount

public Long getTotalCount()

provides the total count of elements, if FB provides them (API ≥ v2.0)

Returns:

the total count of elements if present

Since:

1.6.16

getOrder

public String getOrder()

returns the order of the elements

Returns:

the order of the elements

getBeforeCursor

public String getBeforeCursor()

getAfterCursor

public String getAfterCursor()

replaceFacebookClient

public void replaceFacebookClient(FacebookClient facebookClient)

replace the current facebookclient with the new one.

Parameters:

facebookClient - the new FacebookClient