gate.creole.ontology
Interface DatatypeProperty

All Superinterfaces:

OntologyConstants, OntologyResource, Property

All Known Implementing Classes:

DatatypePropertyImpl

public interface DatatypeProperty
extends Property

Interface for datatype properties. Datatype properties have as range values datatype values (different from object properties which have instances as values). Values are Java objects.

Field Summary

Fields inherited from interface gate.creole.ontology.OntologyConstants

DIRECT_CLOSURE, TRANSITIVE_CLOSURE

Method Summary

boolean

isValidRange(Object value)

Methods inherited from interface gate.creole.ontology.Property

addSubProperty, addSuperProperty, getDomain, getRange, getSamePropertyAs, getSubProperties, getSuperProperties, isFunctional, isInverseFunctional, isValidDomain, removeSubProperty, removeSuperProperty, setFunctional, setInverseFunctional, setSamePropertyAs

Methods inherited from interface gate.creole.ontology.OntologyResource

addPropertyValue, getComment, getName, getOntology, getPropertyValues, getSetPropertiesNames, getTaxonomy, getURI, removePropertyValue, removePropertyValues, setComment, setName, setURI

Method Detail

isValidRange

boolean isValidRange(Object value)

Specified by:

isValidRange in interface Property

Parameters:

value -

Returns:

true if this value is compatible with the range restrictions on the property. False otherwise.