gate.creole
Class AbstractLanguageResource

java.lang.Object
  gate.util.AbstractFeatureBearer
      gate.creole.AbstractResource
          gate.creole.AbstractLanguageResource

All Implemented Interfaces:

LanguageResource, Resource, FeatureBearer, NameBearer, Serializable

Direct Known Subclasses:

AnnotationSchema, CorpusImpl, DocumentFormat, DocumentImpl, GazetteerList, IndexFileWordNetImpl, LinearDefinition, MappingDefinition, MutableLexicalKnowledgeBaseImpl, OntoLexKBImpl, ProtegeProjectName, SerialCorpusImpl, TaxonomyImpl

public abstract class AbstractLanguageResource
extends AbstractResource
implements LanguageResource

A convenience implementation of LanguageResource with some default code.

See Also:

Serialized Form

Field Summary

protected DataStore	dataStore The data store this LR lives in.
protected Object	lrPersistentId The persistence ID of this LR.

Fields inherited from class gate.creole.AbstractResource

name

Fields inherited from class gate.util.AbstractFeatureBearer

features

Constructor Summary

AbstractLanguageResource()

Method Summary

void	cleanup() Clear the internal state of the resource
DataStore	getDataStore() Get the data store that this LR lives in.
Object	getLRPersistenceId() Returns the persistence id of this LR, if it has been stored in a datastore.
LanguageResource	getParent() Returns the parent LR of this LR.
boolean	isModified() Returns true of an LR has been modified since the last sync.
void	setDataStore(DataStore dataStore) Set the data store that this LR lives in.
void	setLRPersistenceId(Object lrID) Sets the persistence id of this LR.
void	setParent(LanguageResource parentLR) Sets the parent LR of this LR.
void	sync() Save: synchonise the in-memory image of the LR with the persistent image.

Methods inherited from class gate.creole.AbstractResource

checkParameterValues, getBeanInfo, getName, getParameterValue, getParameterValue, init, removeResourceListeners, setName, setParameterValue, setParameterValue, setParameterValues, setParameterValues, setResourceListeners

Methods inherited from class gate.util.AbstractFeatureBearer

getFeatures, setFeatures

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Methods inherited from interface gate.Resource

getParameterValue, init, setParameterValue, setParameterValues

Methods inherited from interface gate.util.FeatureBearer

getFeatures, setFeatures

Methods inherited from interface gate.util.NameBearer

getName, setName

Field Detail

dataStore

protected transient DataStore dataStore

The data store this LR lives in.

lrPersistentId

protected transient Object lrPersistentId

The persistence ID of this LR. Only set, when dataStore is.

Constructor Detail

AbstractLanguageResource

public AbstractLanguageResource()

Method Detail

getDataStore

public DataStore getDataStore()

Get the data store that this LR lives in. Null for transient LRs.

Specified by:

getDataStore in interface LanguageResource

setDataStore

public void setDataStore(DataStore dataStore)
                  throws PersistenceException

Set the data store that this LR lives in.

Specified by:

setDataStore in interface LanguageResource

Throws:

PersistenceException

getLRPersistenceId

public Object getLRPersistenceId()

Returns the persistence id of this LR, if it has been stored in a datastore. Null otherwise.

Specified by:

getLRPersistenceId in interface LanguageResource

setLRPersistenceId

public void setLRPersistenceId(Object lrID)

Sets the persistence id of this LR. To be used only in the Factory and DataStore code.

Specified by:

setLRPersistenceId in interface LanguageResource

sync

public void sync()
          throws PersistenceException,
                 SecurityException

Save: synchonise the in-memory image of the LR with the persistent image.

Specified by:

sync in interface LanguageResource

Throws:

PersistenceException

SecurityException

cleanup

public void cleanup()

Clear the internal state of the resource

Specified by:

cleanup in interface Resource

Overrides:

cleanup in class AbstractResource

isModified

public boolean isModified()

Returns true of an LR has been modified since the last sync. Always returns false for transient LRs.

Specified by:

isModified in interface LanguageResource

getParent

public LanguageResource getParent()
                           throws PersistenceException,
                                  SecurityException

Returns the parent LR of this LR. Only relevant for LRs that support shadowing. Most do not by default.

Specified by:

getParent in interface LanguageResource

Throws:

PersistenceException

SecurityException

setParent

public void setParent(LanguageResource parentLR)
               throws PersistenceException,
                      SecurityException

Sets the parent LR of this LR. Only relevant for LRs that support shadowing. Most do not by default.

Specified by:

setParent in interface LanguageResource

Throws:

PersistenceException

SecurityException