JADE_SL.schema
Class ContentElementSchema

java.lang.Object
  JADE_SL.schema.ObjectSchema
      JADE_SL.schema.ContentElementSchema

Direct Known Subclasses:

ContentElementListSchema, PredicateSchema

public class ContentElementSchema

extends ObjectSchema

Author:

Federico Bergenti - Universita` di Parma

Nested Class Summary

Nested classes inherited from class JADE_SL.schema.ObjectSchema

Field Summary

static java.lang.String	BASE_NAME
private static ContentElementSchema	baseSchema

Fields inherited from class JADE_SL.schema.ObjectSchema

MANDATORY, OPTIONAL, UNLIMITED

Constructor Summary

private	ContentElementSchema() Construct a schema that vinculates an entity to be a generic content element
protected	ContentElementSchema(java.lang.String typeName) Creates a ContentElementSchema with a given type-name.

Method Summary

protected boolean	descendsFrom(ObjectSchema s) Return true if - s is the base schema for the XXXSchema class this schema is an instance of (e.g. s is ConceptSchema.getBaseSchema() and this schema is an instance of ConceptSchema) - s is the base schema for a super-class of the XXXSchema class this schema is an instance of (e.g. s is TermSchema.getBaseSchema() and this schema is an instance of ConceptSchema)
static ObjectSchema	getBaseSchema() Retrieve the generic base schema for all content elements.
AbsObject	newInstance() Creates an Abstract descriptor to hold a content element of the proper type.

Methods inherited from class JADE_SL.schema.ObjectSchema

add, add, add, addFacet, addSuperSchema, containsSlot, equals, getNames, getSchema, getTypeName, isCompatibleWith, toString, validate, validateSlots

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

BASE_NAME

public static final java.lang.String BASE_NAME

See Also:

Constant Field Values

baseSchema

private static ContentElementSchema baseSchema

Constructor Detail

ContentElementSchema

private ContentElementSchema()

Construct a schema that vinculates an entity to be a generic content element

ContentElementSchema

protected ContentElementSchema(java.lang.String typeName)

Creates a ContentElementSchema with a given type-name.

Parameters:

typeName - The name of this ContentElementSchema.

Method Detail

getBaseSchema

public static ObjectSchema getBaseSchema()

Retrieve the generic base schema for all content elements.

Returns:

the generic base schema for all content elements.

newInstance

public AbsObject newInstance()
                      throws OntologyException

Creates an Abstract descriptor to hold a content element of the proper type.

Overrides:

newInstance in class ObjectSchema

Throws:

OntologyException

descendsFrom

protected boolean descendsFrom(ObjectSchema s)

Return true if - s is the base schema for the XXXSchema class this schema is an instance of (e.g. s is ConceptSchema.getBaseSchema() and this schema is an instance of ConceptSchema) - s is the base schema for a super-class of the XXXSchema class this schema is an instance of (e.g. s is TermSchema.getBaseSchema() and this schema is an instance of ConceptSchema)

Overrides:

descendsFrom in class ObjectSchema