[GIRAPH-36] Ensure that subclassing BasicVertex is possible by user apps

• Type: Improvement
• Status: Resolved
• Priority: Blocker
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 0.1.0
• Fix Version/s: 0.1.0
• Component/s: graph
• Assignee: Jake Mannix
• Reporter: Jake Mannix
• Created: 16/Sep/11 22:59
• Updated: 02/Nov/11 22:08
• Resolved: 02/Nov/11 15:46

Description

Original assumptions in Giraph were that all users would subclass Vertex (which extended MutableVertex extended BasicVertex). Classes which wish to have application specific data structures (ie. not a TreeMap<I, Edge<I,E>>) may need to extend either MutableVertex or BasicVertex. Unfortunately VertexRange extends ArrayList<Vertex>, and there are other places where the assumption is that vertex classes are either Vertex, or at least MutableVertex.

Let's make sure the internal APIs allow for BasicVertex to be the base class.

Issue Links

• blocks: GIRAPH-28 Introduce new primitive-specific MutableVertex subclasses