JADE_SL.schema
Class PrimitiveSchema

java.lang.Object
  JADE_SL.schema.ObjectSchema
      JADE_SL.schema.TermSchema
          JADE_SL.schema.PrimitiveSchema

public class PrimitiveSchema

extends TermSchema

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 PrimitiveSchema	baseSchema

Fields inherited from class JADE_SL.schema.ObjectSchema

MANDATORY, OPTIONAL, UNLIMITED

Constructor Summary

private	PrimitiveSchema() Construct a schema that vinculates an entity to be a generic primitive element
	PrimitiveSchema(java.lang.String typeName) Creates a PrimitiveSchema 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 primitives.
AbsObject	newInstance() Creates an Abstract descriptor to hold a primitive of the proper type.
void	validate(AbsObject abs, Ontology onto) Check whether a given abstract descriptor complies with this schema.

Methods inherited from class JADE_SL.schema.ObjectSchema

add, add, add, addFacet, addSuperSchema, containsSlot, equals, getNames, getSchema, getTypeName, isCompatibleWith, toString, 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 PrimitiveSchema baseSchema

Constructor Detail

PrimitiveSchema

private PrimitiveSchema()

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

PrimitiveSchema

public PrimitiveSchema(java.lang.String typeName)

Creates a PrimitiveSchema with a given type-name.

Parameters:

typeName - The name of this PrimitiveSchema.

Method Detail

getBaseSchema

public static ObjectSchema getBaseSchema()

Retrieve the generic base schema for all primitives.

Returns:

the generic base schema for all primitives.

newInstance

public AbsObject newInstance()
                      throws OntologyException

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

Overrides:

newInstance in class TermSchema

Throws:

OntologyException

validate

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

Check whether a given abstract descriptor complies with this schema.

Overrides:

validate in class ObjectSchema

Parameters:

abs - The abstract descriptor to be checked

Throws:

OntologyException - If the abstract descriptor does not complies with this schema

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 TermSchema