org.neo4j.graphdb
Enum Traverser.Order

java.lang.Object
  java.lang.Enum<Traverser.Order>
      org.neo4j.graphdb.Traverser.Order

All Implemented Interfaces:

Serializable, Comparable<Traverser.Order>

Enclosing interface:

Traverser

public static enum Traverser.Order
extends Enum<Traverser.Order>

Defines a traversal order as used by the traversal framework.

Nodes can be traversed either breadth first or depth first. A depth first traversal is often more likely to find one matching node before a breadth first traversal. A breadth first traversal will always find the closest matching nodes first, which means that TraversalPosition.depth() will return the length of the shortest path from the start node to the node at that position, which is not guaranteed for depth first traversals.

A breadth first traversal usually needs to store more state about where the traversal should go next than a depth first traversal does. Depth first traversals are thus more memory efficient.

Enum Constant Summary

BREADTH_FIRST
Sets a breadth first traversal meaning the traverser will traverse all relationships on the current depth before going deeper.

DEPTH_FIRST
Sets a depth first traversal meaning the traverser will go as deep as possible (increasing depth for each traversal) before traversing next relationship on same depth.

Method Summary

static Traverser.Order	valueOf(String name) Returns the enum constant of this type with the specified name.
static Traverser.Order[]	values() Returns an array containing the constants of this enum type, in the order they are declared.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Enum

clone, compareTo, equals, finalize, getDeclaringClass, hashCode, name, ordinal, toString, valueOf

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

getClass, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Enum Constant Detail

DEPTH_FIRST

public static final Traverser.Order DEPTH_FIRST

Sets a depth first traversal meaning the traverser will go as deep as possible (increasing depth for each traversal) before traversing next relationship on same depth.

BREADTH_FIRST

public static final Traverser.Order BREADTH_FIRST

Sets a breadth first traversal meaning the traverser will traverse all relationships on the current depth before going deeper.

Method Detail

values

public static Traverser.Order[] values()

Returns an array containing the constants of this enum type, in the order they are declared. This method may be used to iterate over the constants as follows:

for (Traverser.Order c : Traverser.Order.values())
    System.out.println(c);

Returns:

an array containing the constants of this enum type, in the order they are declared

valueOf

public static Traverser.Order valueOf(String name)

Returns the enum constant of this type with the specified name. The string must match exactly an identifier used to declare an enum constant in this type. (Extraneous whitespace characters are not permitted.)

Parameters:

name - the name of the enum constant to be returned.

Returns:

the enum constant with the specified name

Throws:

IllegalArgumentException - if this enum type has no constant with the specified name

NullPointerException - if the argument is null