KnowledgeIndex (smithy-model 0.9.8 API)

All Known Implementing Classes:

AuthIndex, BottomUpIndex, BoxIndex, EventStreamIndex, HttpBindingIndex, IdentifierBindingIndex, NeighborProviderIndex, OperationIndex, PaginatedIndex, TopDownIndex
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public interface KnowledgeIndex
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Contains an index of computed knowledge about a Model.
A KnowledgeIndex is created to reduce code duplication and complexity of extracting and computing information about a model. A KnowledgeIndex is often a mapping of ShapeId to some kind of interesting computed information. For example, in order to resolve the input/output/error structures referenced by an OperationShape, you need a Model, to ensure that the reference from the operation to the structure is resolvable in the shape index, that the shape it references is a structure, and then to cast the shape to a StructureShape. Because this process is error prone, verbose, and is required by a large number of validators and tools, Smithy provides a OperationIndex to compute it automatically.
The Model.getKnowledge(java.lang.Class<T>) method should be used to create instances of a KnowledgeIndex. Creating instances of a KnowledgeIndex using this method reduces the number of times the results of a KnowledgeIndex needs to be computed for a specific Model. In order to use this method, implementations of a KnowledgeIndex must provide a public constructor that accepts a Model.

Method Summary

Static Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`static <T extends KnowledgeIndex> T`	`create(java.lang.Class<T> type, Model model)`	Creates a KnowledgeIndex for a particular class.

- Method Detail
  - create
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static <T extends KnowledgeIndex> T create(java.lang.Class<T> type,
                                           Model model)
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    Creates a KnowledgeIndex for a particular class.
    
    Type Parameters:
    
    T - Type of knowledge index to create.
    
    Parameters:
    
    model - Model to provide to the knowledge index constructor.
    
    type - Class to create.
    
    Returns:
    
    Returns the created KnowledgeIndex.
    
    Throws:
    
    java.lang.RuntimeException - if the index cannot be created.