Martin Häusler created TINKERPOP-3184:
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Summary: Please allow the path() step to take an optional from and
to label
Key: TINKERPOP-3184
URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/TINKERPOP-3184
Project: TinkerPop
Issue Type: Wish
Affects Versions: 3.7.4
Reporter: Martin Häusler
Hello,
I am once again dealing with paths. I noticed that it is currently possible to
do the following:
{code:java}
traversal().V()
// ... navigation...
.path()
.unfold()
{code}
... which is very neat. I was wondering if I can also get the path between a
label and the current vertex. Turns out, I can:
{code:java}
traversal().V()
// ... navigation ...
.as("from")
// ... navigation...
.flatMap {
it.path().subPath("from", null)
}
{code}
That is very useful! But it's a shame that the functionality is locked behind a
lambda expression, which is not available in all scenarios. Moreover, gremlin
optimizes away the path information tracking if no "path()" step is used in the
query, so the lambda solution always requires some additional artificial steps
on top.
My proposal would be to add the following overload to the "path()" method:
{code:java}
public default GraphTraversal<S, Path> path(String fromLabel, String toLabel)
{code}
... which behaves exactly like the lambda above. Both "fromLabel" and "toLabel"
should accept NULL (same as "subPath(...)") which means start/end of the path
respectively. Therefore calling "path()" would be the same as "path(null,
null)".
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