EffectiveNodeTypeCache.Key (Apache Jackrabbit 2.23.1-beta API)

All Superinterfaces:

Comparable<EffectiveNodeTypeCache.Key>

Enclosing interface:

EffectiveNodeTypeCache
```
public static interface EffectiveNodeTypeCache.Key
extends Comparable<EffectiveNodeTypeCache.Key>
```
An ENTKey uniquely identifies a combination (i.e. an aggregation) of one or more node types.

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`boolean`	`contains(EffectiveNodeTypeCache.Key otherKey)`	Checks if the `otherKey` is contained in this one.
`Name[]`	`getNames()`	Returns the node type names of this key.
`EffectiveNodeTypeCache.Key`	`subtract(EffectiveNodeTypeCache.Key otherKey)`	Creates a new key as a result of a subtract operation.

Methods inherited from interface java.lang.Comparable
compareTo

- Method Detail
  - getNames
```
Name[] getNames()
```
    Returns the node type names of this key.
    
    Returns:
    
    the node type names of this key.
  - contains
```
boolean contains(EffectiveNodeTypeCache.Key otherKey)
```
    Checks if the otherKey is contained in this one. I.e. if this key contains all node type names of the other key.
    
    Parameters:
    
    otherKey - the other key to check
    
    Returns:
    
    true if this key contains the other key; false otherwise.
  - subtract
```
EffectiveNodeTypeCache.Key subtract(EffectiveNodeTypeCache.Key otherKey)
```
    Creates a new key as a result of a subtract operation. i.e. removes all node type names that from the other key.
    Please note that no exception is thrown if the other key has node type names that are not contained in this key (i.e. contains(Key) returns false).
    
    Parameters:
    
    otherKey - the other key to subtract
    
    Returns:
    
    the new key of the subtraction operation.