gate.creole.ontology
Class OntologyResourceImpl

java.lang.Object
  gate.creole.ontology.OntologyResourceImpl

All Implemented Interfaces:

OntologyResource

Direct Known Subclasses:

OInstanceImpl, PropertyImpl, TClassImpl

public class OntologyResourceImpl
extends Object
implements OntologyResource

This is an implementation for ontology resource. It provides implementations for the methods on the OntologyResource interface and is intended to be used as a base class for other classes implementing that interface or its sub-interfaces.

Field Summary

protected String	comment
protected HashMap	instanceProperties
protected String	name
protected Ontology	ontology
protected Taxonomy	taxonomy
protected String	uri

Constructor Summary

OntologyResourceImpl(String uri, String name, String comment, Taxonomy taxonomy)

OntologyResourceImpl(String name, String comment, Taxonomy taxonomy)
Constructor variant using the name as the local URI.

Method Summary

boolean	addPropertyValue(String propertyName, Object theValue) Adds a new property with the given name and value.
String	getComment() Gets the comment of the resource.
String	getName() Gets resource name.
Ontology	getOntology() Gets the ontology to which the resource belongs.
Object	getPropertyValue(String propertyName)
List	getPropertyValues(String propertyName) Gets the list of values for a given property name.
Set	getSetPropertiesNames() Gets the names of the properties that have set values for this instance.
Taxonomy	getTaxonomy() Gets the taxonomy to which the resource belongs.
String	getURI() Gets the URI of the resource.
boolean	removePropertyValue(String propertyName, Object theValue) Removes one of the values for a given property.
void	removePropertyValues(String propertyName) Removes all values for a named property.
void	setComment(String comment) Sets the resource comment.
void	setName(String name) Sets the resource name.
void	setOntology(Taxonomy ontology)
void	setURI(String uri) Sets the URI of the resource.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

uri

protected String uri

comment

protected String comment

name

protected String name

taxonomy

protected Taxonomy taxonomy

ontology

protected Ontology ontology

instanceProperties

protected HashMap instanceProperties

Constructor Detail

OntologyResourceImpl

public OntologyResourceImpl(String uri,
                            String name,
                            String comment,
                            Taxonomy taxonomy)

OntologyResourceImpl

public OntologyResourceImpl(String name,
                            String comment,
                            Taxonomy taxonomy)

Constructor variant using the name as the local URI.

Parameters:

name -

comment -

ontology -

Method Detail

addPropertyValue

public boolean addPropertyValue(String propertyName,
                                Object theValue)

Description copied from interface: OntologyResource

Adds a new property with the given name and value.

Specified by:

addPropertyValue in interface OntologyResource

Parameters:

propertyName - the name of the property

theValue - the value for the property

Returns:

true if the property name is valid for this type of instance and the new value has been added, false otherwise.

getSetPropertiesNames

public Set getSetPropertiesNames()

Description copied from interface: OntologyResource

Gets the names of the properties that have set values for this instance.

Specified by:

getSetPropertiesNames in interface OntologyResource

Returns:

a set of String values.

getPropertyValues

public List getPropertyValues(String propertyName)

Description copied from interface: OntologyResource

Gets the list of values for a given property name.

Specified by:

getPropertyValues in interface OntologyResource

Parameters:

propertyName - the name of the property

Returns:

a List of values.

removePropertyValue

public boolean removePropertyValue(String propertyName,
                                   Object theValue)

Description copied from interface: OntologyResource

Removes one of the values for a given property.

Specified by:

removePropertyValue in interface OntologyResource

Parameters:

propertyName - the name of the property

theValue - the value to be removed.

Returns:

true if the value was found and removed, false otherwise.

removePropertyValues

public void removePropertyValues(String propertyName)

Description copied from interface: OntologyResource

Removes all values for a named property.

Specified by:

removePropertyValues in interface OntologyResource

Parameters:

propertyName - the property name.

getPropertyValue

public Object getPropertyValue(String propertyName)

getComment

public String getComment()

Description copied from interface: OntologyResource

Gets the comment of the resource.

Specified by:

getComment in interface OntologyResource

Returns:

Returns the comment.

setComment

public void setComment(String comment)

Description copied from interface: OntologyResource

Sets the resource comment.

Specified by:

setComment in interface OntologyResource

Parameters:

comment - The comment to set.

getName

public String getName()

Description copied from interface: OntologyResource

Gets resource name.

Specified by:

getName in interface OntologyResource

Returns:

Returns the name.

setName

public void setName(String name)

Description copied from interface: OntologyResource

Sets the resource name.

Specified by:

setName in interface OntologyResource

Parameters:

name - The name to set.

getTaxonomy

public Taxonomy getTaxonomy()

Description copied from interface: OntologyResource

Gets the taxonomy to which the resource belongs.

Specified by:

getTaxonomy in interface OntologyResource

Returns:

Returns the taxonomy.

getOntology

public Ontology getOntology()

Description copied from interface: OntologyResource

Gets the ontology to which the resource belongs.

Specified by:

getOntology in interface OntologyResource

Returns:

Returns the ontology.

setOntology

public void setOntology(Taxonomy ontology)

Parameters:

ontology - The ontology to set.

getURI

public String getURI()

Description copied from interface: OntologyResource

Gets the URI of the resource.

Specified by:

getURI in interface OntologyResource

Returns:

Returns the URI.

setURI

public void setURI(String uri)

Description copied from interface: OntologyResource

Sets the URI of the resource.

Specified by:

setURI in interface OntologyResource

Parameters:

uri - The URI to set.