JADE_SL.schema
Interface Facet

All Known Implementing Classes:

CardinalityFacet, TypedAggregateFacet

public interface Facet

Represent a generic Facet (i.e. a constraint on the possible values) that can be applied on a slot in a schema of an ontological element.

Author:

Giovanni Caire - TILAB

Method Summary

void	validate(AbsObject value, Ontology onto) Check whether a given value for the slot this Facet applies to is valid.

Method Detail

validate

public void validate(AbsObject value,
                     Ontology onto)
              throws OntologyException

Check whether a given value for the slot this Facet applies to is valid.

Parameters:

value - The value to be checked

Throws:

OntologyException - If the value is not valid