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package org.apache.atlas.repository.graphdb;

/**
 * Represents a graph database.
 *
 * @param <V> vertex class used by the graph database
 * @param <E> edge class used by the graph database
 */
public interface GraphDatabase<V, E> {
    /**
     * Returns whether the graph has been loaded.
     * @return
     */
    boolean isGraphLoaded();

    /**
     * Gets the graph, loading it if it has not been loaded already.
     * @return
     */
    AtlasGraph<V, E> getGraph();

    /*
     * Get graph initialized for bulk loading. This instance is used for high-performance ingest.
     */
    AtlasGraph<V, E> getGraphBulkLoading();

    /**
     * Sets things up so that getGraph() will return a graph that can be used for running
     * tests.
     */
    void initializeTestGraph();

    /**
     * Removes the test graph that was created.
     */
    void cleanup();
}
