edu.uga.cs.lsdis.semdisds
Interface IInstanceNode

All Superinterfaces:

java.lang.Comparable, IResource, IURI

All Known Subinterfaces:

IAlternative, IBag, IBlankNode, ISequence

public interface IInstanceNode
extends IResource, java.lang.Comparable, IURI

Interface for an instance node

Version:

0.1: created July 2005, 0.2: Boanerges Aleman-Meza: getTypes() now returns an iterable object, 0.3: 2005-11-30: Boanerges Aleman-Meza: now it also extends IURI

Field Summary

Fields inherited from interface edu.uga.cs.lsdis.semdisds.IURI

OWL, OWL_CLASS, OWL_DATATYPE_PROPERTY, OWL_OBJECT_PROPERTY, OWL_SAMEAS, RDF, RDF_ALT, RDF_BAG, RDF_OBJECT, RDF_PREDICATE, RDF_PROPERTY, RDF_SEQ, RDF_STATEMENT, RDF_SUBJECT, RDF_TYPE, RDFS, RDFS_CLASS, RDFS_DATATYPE, RDFS_DOMAIN, RDFS_LABEL, RDFS_RANGE, RDFS_RESOURCE, RDFS_SEEALSO, RDFS_SUBCLASSOF, RDFS_SUBPROPERTYOF, XSD, XSD_BOOLEAN, XSD_DATE, XSD_DECIMAL, XSD_INTEGER, XSD_STRING, XSD2, XSD2_BOOLEAN, XSD2_DATE, XSD2_DECIMAL, XSD2_INTEGER, XSD2_STRING

Method Summary

IExtendedIterator<ISchemaClass>	getTypes() Returns the classes to which this instance node belongs
boolean	isExactType(ISchemaClass aClassType) Checks if instance is of exact given type
boolean	isOfType(ISchemaClass aClassType) Checks if any ancesstor type of instance is of given class

Methods inherited from interface edu.uga.cs.lsdis.semdisds.IResource

getEdges, getIncomingEdges, getIncomingEdges, getLiterals, getLiterals, getOutgoingEdges, getOutgoingEdges, getURI

Methods inherited from interface edu.uga.cs.lsdis.semdisds.IURI

getAlias, getNamespace, getShortName

Methods inherited from interface java.lang.Comparable

compareTo

Method Detail

getTypes

IExtendedIterator<ISchemaClass> getTypes()

Returns the classes to which this instance node belongs

Returns:

returns the classes to which this instance node belongs

isExactType

boolean isExactType(ISchemaClass aClassType)

Checks if instance is of exact given type

Parameters:

aClassType - the class type

Returns:

true if one of the direct types of this instance matches aClassType

isOfType

boolean isOfType(ISchemaClass aClassType)

Checks if any ancesstor type of instance is of given class

Parameters:

aClassType - The class type

Returns:

true if one of the types (that is, any ancesstor type) of this instance matches aClassType