001/* 002 * Copyright (C) 2014 The Guava Authors 003 * 004 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); 005 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. 006 * You may obtain a copy of the License at 007 * 008 * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 009 * 010 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software 011 * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, 012 * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. 013 * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and 014 * limitations under the License. 015 */ 016 017package com.google.common.graph; 018 019import com.google.common.annotations.Beta; 020import java.util.Set; 021import javax.annotation.Nullable; 022 023/** 024 * An interface for <a 025 * href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graph_(discrete_mathematics)">graph</a>-structured data, 026 * whose edges are anonymous entities with no identity or information of their own. 027 * 028 * <p>A graph is composed of a set of nodes and a set of edges connecting pairs of nodes. 029 * 030 * <p>There are three primary interfaces provided to represent graphs. In order of increasing 031 * complexity they are: {@link Graph}, {@link ValueGraph}, and {@link Network}. You should generally 032 * prefer the simplest interface that satisfies your use case. See the <a 033 * href="https://github.com/google/guava/wiki/GraphsExplained#choosing-the-right-graph-type"> 034 * "Choosing the right graph type"</a> section of the Guava User Guide for more details. 035 * 036 * <h3>Capabilities</h3> 037 * 038 * <p>{@code Graph} supports the following use cases (<a 039 * href="https://github.com/google/guava/wiki/GraphsExplained#definitions">definitions of 040 * terms</a>): 041 * 042 * <ul> 043 * <li>directed graphs 044 * <li>undirected graphs 045 * <li>graphs that do/don't allow self-loops 046 * <li>graphs whose nodes/edges are insertion-ordered, sorted, or unordered 047 * </ul> 048 * 049 * <p>{@code Graph} explicitly does not support parallel edges, and forbids implementations or 050 * extensions with parallel edges. If you need parallel edges, use {@link Network}. 051 * 052 * <h3>Building a {@code Graph}</h3> 053 * 054 * <p>The implementation classes that `common.graph` provides are not public, by design. To create 055 * an instance of one of the built-in implementations of {@code Graph}, use the {@link GraphBuilder} 056 * class: 057 * 058 * <pre>{@code 059 * MutableGraph<Integer> graph = GraphBuilder.undirected().build(); 060 * }</pre> 061 * 062 * <p>{@link GraphBuilder#build()} returns an instance of {@link MutableGraph}, which is a subtype 063 * of {@code Graph} that provides methods for adding and removing nodes and edges. If you do not 064 * need to mutate a graph (e.g. if you write a method than runs a read-only algorithm on the graph), 065 * you should use the non-mutating {@link Graph} interface, or an {@link ImmutableGraph}. 066 * 067 * <p>You can create an immutable copy of an existing {@code Graph} using {@link 068 * ImmutableGraph#copyOf(Graph)}: 069 * 070 * <pre>{@code 071 * ImmutableGraph<Integer> immutableGraph = ImmutableGraph.copyOf(graph); 072 * }</pre> 073 * 074 * <p>Instances of {@link ImmutableGraph} do not implement {@link MutableGraph} (obviously!) and are 075 * contractually guaranteed to be unmodifiable and thread-safe. 076 * 077 * <p>The Guava User Guide has <a 078 * href="https://github.com/google/guava/wiki/GraphsExplained#building-graph-instances">more 079 * information on (and examples of) building graphs</a>. 080 * 081 * <h3>Additional documentation</h3> 082 * 083 * <p>See the Guava User Guide for the {@code common.graph} package (<a 084 * href="https://github.com/google/guava/wiki/GraphsExplained">"Graphs Explained"</a>) for 085 * additional documentation, including: 086 * 087 * <ul> 088 * <li><a 089 * href="https://github.com/google/guava/wiki/GraphsExplained#equals-hashcode-and-graph-equivalence"> 090 * {@code equals()}, {@code hashCode()}, and graph equivalence</a> 091 * <li><a href="https://github.com/google/guava/wiki/GraphsExplained#synchronization"> 092 * Synchronization policy</a> 093 * <li><a href="https://github.com/google/guava/wiki/GraphsExplained#notes-for-implementors">Notes 094 * for implementors</a> 095 * </ul> 096 * 097 * @author James Sexton 098 * @author Joshua O'Madadhain 099 * @param <N> Node parameter type 100 * @since 20.0 101 */ 102// TODO(b/35456940): Update the documentation to reflect the new interfaces 103@Beta 104public interface Graph<N> extends BaseGraph<N> { 105 // 106 // Graph-level accessors 107 // 108 109 /** {@inheritDoc} */ 110 @Override 111 Set<N> nodes(); 112 113 /** {@inheritDoc} */ 114 @Override 115 Set<EndpointPair<N>> edges(); 116 117 // 118 // Graph properties 119 // 120 121 /** {@inheritDoc} */ 122 @Override 123 boolean isDirected(); 124 125 /** {@inheritDoc} */ 126 @Override 127 boolean allowsSelfLoops(); 128 129 /** {@inheritDoc} */ 130 @Override 131 ElementOrder<N> nodeOrder(); 132 133 // 134 // Element-level accessors 135 // 136 137 /** {@inheritDoc} */ 138 @Override 139 Set<N> adjacentNodes(N node); 140 141 /** {@inheritDoc} */ 142 @Override 143 Set<N> predecessors(N node); 144 145 /** {@inheritDoc} */ 146 @Override 147 Set<N> successors(N node); 148 149 /** {@inheritDoc} */ 150 @Override 151 int degree(N node); 152 153 /** {@inheritDoc} */ 154 @Override 155 int inDegree(N node); 156 157 /** {@inheritDoc} */ 158 @Override 159 int outDegree(N node); 160 161 // 162 // Graph identity 163 // 164 165 /** 166 * Returns {@code true} iff {@code object} is a {@link Graph} that has the same elements and the 167 * same structural relationships as those in this graph. 168 * 169 * <p>Thus, two graphs A and B are equal if <b>all</b> of the following are true: 170 * 171 * <ul> 172 * <li>A and B have equal {@link #isDirected() directedness}. 173 * <li>A and B have equal {@link #nodes() node sets}. 174 * <li>A and B have equal {@link #edges() edge sets}. 175 * </ul> 176 * 177 * <p>Graph properties besides {@link #isDirected() directedness} do <b>not</b> affect equality. 178 * For example, two graphs may be considered equal even if one allows self-loops and the other 179 * doesn't. Additionally, the order in which nodes or edges are added to the graph, and the order 180 * in which they are iterated over, are irrelevant. 181 * 182 * <p>A reference implementation of this is provided by {@link AbstractGraph#equals(Object)}. 183 */ 184 @Override 185 boolean equals(@Nullable Object object); 186 187 /** 188 * Returns the hash code for this graph. The hash code of a graph is defined as the hash code of 189 * the set returned by {@link #edges()}. 190 * 191 * <p>A reference implementation of this is provided by {@link AbstractGraph#hashCode()}. 192 */ 193 @Override 194 int hashCode(); 195}