JADE_SL.schema
Class TermSchema

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

Direct Known Subclasses:

AggregateSchema, ConceptSchema, IRESchema, PrimitiveSchema, VariableSchema

public class TermSchema

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 TermSchema	baseSchema

Fields inherited from class JADE_SL.schema.ObjectSchema

MANDATORY, OPTIONAL, UNLIMITED

Constructor Summary

private	TermSchema() Construct a schema that vinculates an entity to be a generic term
protected	TermSchema(java.lang.String typeName) Creates a TermSchema 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 terms.
AbsObject	newInstance() Creates an Abstract descriptor to hold a term 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 TermSchema baseSchema

Constructor Detail

TermSchema

private TermSchema()

Construct a schema that vinculates an entity to be a generic term

TermSchema

protected TermSchema(java.lang.String typeName)

Creates a TermSchema with a given type-name.

Parameters:

typeName - The name of this TermSchema.

Method Detail

getBaseSchema

public static ObjectSchema getBaseSchema()

Retrieve the generic base schema for terms.

Returns:

the generic base schema for terms.

newInstance

public AbsObject newInstance()
                      throws OntologyException

Creates an Abstract descriptor to hold a term 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