eu.scape_project.watch.domain
Class Property

java.lang.Object
  thewebsemantic.binding.RdfBean<Property>
      eu.scape_project.watch.domain.Property

public class Property
extends thewebsemantic.binding.RdfBean<Property>

A Property defines a specific part of Entity in the world that have the same EntityType, i.e. it represents some characteristic of these Entities. It can specify a data type for its measurements.

Author:

Luis Faria

Constructor Summary

Property()
Create a new empty property.

Property(EntityType t, String n, String d)
Create a new property of type DataType.TEXT.

Property(EntityType t, String n, String d, DataType dt)
Create a new property.

Property(EntityType t, String n, String d, DataType dt, PropertyDataStructure st)
Create a new property.

Property(EntityType t, String n, String d, PropertyDataStructure st)
Create a new property.

Method Summary

static String	createId(String entityTypeName, String propertyName) Get the property id based on the entity type and property name.
void	delete()
boolean	equals(Object obj)
DataType	getDatatype()
String	getDescription()
String	getId()
String	getName()
PropertyDataStructure	getStructure()
EntityType	getType()
int	hashCode()
Property	save()
void	setDatatype(DataType datatype)
void	setDescription(String description)
void	setName(String name) Set the name and update the Id.
void	setStructure(PropertyDataStructure structure)
void	setType(EntityType entityType) Set the Entity Type and update the Id.
String	toString()

Methods inherited from class thewebsemantic.binding.RdfBean

asIndividual, fill, fill, load, query, refresh

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

Property

public Property()

Create a new empty property.

Property

public Property(EntityType t,
                String n,
                String d)

Create a new property of type DataType.TEXT. Sets the datatype to DataType.TEXT and the property datastructure to PropertyDataStructure.SINGLE by default.

Parameters:

t - The related entity type.

n - The name, unique within properties of the same type.

d - The description of the Property.

Property

public Property(EntityType t,
                String n,
                String d,
                DataType dt)

Create a new property. Sets the property datastructure to PropertyDataStructure.SINGLE

Parameters:

t - The related entity type.

n - The name, unique within properties of the same type.

d - The description of the Property.

dt - The type of data defined by this property.

Property

public Property(EntityType t,
                String n,
                String d,
                PropertyDataStructure st)

Create a new property. Sets the data type to DataType.TEXT.

Parameters:

t - the related entity type.

n - the name, unique within properties of the same type.

d - the description of the Property.

st - the data structure type of the related values.

Property

public Property(EntityType t,
                String n,
                String d,
                DataType dt,
                PropertyDataStructure st)

Create a new property.

Parameters:

t - the related entity type.

n - the name, unique within properties of the same type.

d - the description of the Property.

dt - the type of data defined by this property.

st - the data structure type of the related values.

Method Detail

createId

public static String createId(String entityTypeName,
                              String propertyName)

Get the property id based on the entity type and property name.

Parameters:

entityTypeName - the related entity type

propertyName - the property name, unique for the related entity type

Returns:

The identifier

getId

public String getId()

getType

public EntityType getType()

setType

public void setType(EntityType entityType)

Set the Entity Type and update the Id.

Parameters:

entityType - The new related EntityType

getName

public String getName()

setName

public void setName(String name)

Set the name and update the Id.

Parameters:

name - The new name

getDescription

public String getDescription()

setDescription

public void setDescription(String description)

getDatatype

public DataType getDatatype()

setDatatype

public void setDatatype(DataType datatype)

getStructure

public PropertyDataStructure getStructure()

setStructure

public void setStructure(PropertyDataStructure structure)

hashCode

public int hashCode()

Overrides:

hashCode in class Object

equals

public boolean equals(Object obj)

Overrides:

equals in class Object

save

public Property save()

Overrides:

save in class thewebsemantic.binding.RdfBean<Property>

delete

public void delete()

Overrides:

delete in class thewebsemantic.binding.RdfBean<Property>

toString

public String toString()

Overrides:

toString in class Object