gate.creole.ontology
Interface OInstance

All Superinterfaces:

OntologyResource

All Known Implementing Classes:

OInstanceImpl

public interface OInstance
extends OntologyResource

Method Summary

Set	getDifferentFrom()
Set	getOClasses() Gets the set of classes this instance belongs to.
Set	getSameIndividualAs()
Object	getUserData() Gets the user data of this instance.
void	setDifferentFrom(OInstance theIndividual)
void	setSameIndividualAs(OInstance theIndividual)
void	setUserData(Object theUserData) Sets the user data of this instance.

Methods inherited from interface gate.creole.ontology.OntologyResource

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

Method Detail

getOClasses

Set getOClasses()

Gets the set of classes this instance belongs to.

Returns:

a set of OClass objects.

setUserData

void setUserData(Object theUserData)

Sets the user data of this instance. To be used to store arbitrary data on instances.

getUserData

Object getUserData()

Gets the user data of this instance.

Returns:

the object which is user data

setDifferentFrom

void setDifferentFrom(OInstance theIndividual)

getDifferentFrom

Set getDifferentFrom()

setSameIndividualAs

void setSameIndividualAs(OInstance theIndividual)

getSameIndividualAs

Set getSameIndividualAs()