org.omwg.ontology
Interface Concept

All Superinterfaces:

Entity, OntologyElement, Type

public interface Concept
extends OntologyElement, Type

This interface represents a WSMO concept.

Version:

$Revision: 1.22 $ $Date: 2005/09/21 08:15:39 $

Author:

not attributable

See Also:

Instance

Method Summary

void	addInstance(Instance inst) Adds a new instance to the set of instances of this concept The instance will also add this concept to the list of its concepts
void	addSubConcept(Concept subConcept) Adds a new concept to the set of sub-concepts of this concept The sub concept will also add this concept to the list of its super-concepts
void	addSuperConcept(Concept superConcept) Adds a new concept to the set of super-concepts of this concept The super concept will also add this concept to the list of its sub-concepts
Attribute	createAttribute(IRI id) Create an Attribute for a Concept
Attribute	findAttribute(Identifier id) Searches for an attribute with the specified ID
java.util.Set	listAttributes() Returns a list of this concept's attributes.
java.util.Set	listInstances() Returns a list of this concept's instances
java.util.Set	listSubConcepts() Lists the sub-concepts of this concept
java.util.Set	listSuperConcepts() Lists the super-concepts of this concept
void	removeAttribute(Attribute attr) Removes an attribute from this concept's list of attributes.
void	removeInstance(Instance inst) Removes an instance from the set of instances of this concept The instance will also remove this concept from the list of its concepts
void	removeSubConcept(Concept subConcept) Removes a concept from the set of sub-concepts of this concept The sub concept will also remove this concept from the list of its super-concepts
void	removeSuperConcept(Concept superConcept) Removes a concept from the set of super-concepts of this concept The super concept will also remove this concept from the list of its sub-concepts

Methods inherited from interface org.omwg.ontology.OntologyElement

getOntology, setOntology

Methods inherited from interface org.wsmo.common.Entity

addNFPValue, addNFPValue, getIdentifier, listNFPValues, listNFPValues, removeNFP, removeNFPValue, removeNFPValue

Method Detail

addSuperConcept

void addSuperConcept(Concept superConcept)
                     throws SynchronisationException,
                            InvalidModelException

Adds a new concept to the set of super-concepts of this concept The super concept will also add this concept to the list of its sub-concepts

Parameters:

superConcept - The new super-concept to be added.

Throws:

SynchronisationException

InvalidModelException

See Also:

removeSuperConcept(Concept superConcept)

removeSuperConcept

void removeSuperConcept(Concept superConcept)
                        throws SynchronisationException,
                               InvalidModelException

Removes a concept from the set of super-concepts of this concept The super concept will also remove this concept from the list of its sub-concepts

Parameters:

superConcept - The super-concept to be removed

Throws:

SynchronisationException

InvalidModelException

listSuperConcepts

java.util.Set listSuperConcepts()
                                throws SynchronisationException

Lists the super-concepts of this concept

Returns:

The set of super-concepts defined by this ontology.

Throws:

SynchronisationException

addSubConcept

void addSubConcept(Concept subConcept)
                   throws SynchronisationException,
                          InvalidModelException

Adds a new concept to the set of sub-concepts of this concept The sub concept will also add this concept to the list of its super-concepts

Parameters:

subConcept - The new sub-concept to be added.

Throws:

SynchronisationException

InvalidModelException

See Also:

removeSubConcept(Concept subConcept)

removeSubConcept

void removeSubConcept(Concept subConcept)
                      throws SynchronisationException,
                             InvalidModelException

Removes a concept from the set of sub-concepts of this concept The sub concept will also remove this concept from the list of its super-concepts

Parameters:

subConcept - The sub-concept to be removed

Throws:

SynchronisationException

InvalidModelException

listSubConcepts

java.util.Set listSubConcepts()
                              throws SynchronisationException

Lists the sub-concepts of this concept

Returns:

The set of sub-concepts defined by this ontology.

Throws:

SynchronisationException

createAttribute

Attribute createAttribute(IRI id)

Create an Attribute for a Concept

Parameters:

id - The ID of the new Attribute

Returns:

a new Attribute for the Concept

removeAttribute

void removeAttribute(Attribute attr)
                     throws SynchronisationException,
                            InvalidModelException

Removes an attribute from this concept's list of attributes.

Parameters:

attr - The attribute to be removed from this concept's list of attributes.

Throws:

SynchronisationException

InvalidModelException

listAttributes

java.util.Set listAttributes()
                             throws SynchronisationException

Returns a list of this concept's attributes.

Returns:

The list of this concept's attributes.

Throws:

SynchronisationException

See Also:

Attribute

findAttribute

Attribute findAttribute(Identifier id)

Searches for an attribute with the specified ID

Parameters:

id - identifier of the attribute

Returns:

the attribute or null if not found.

Throws:

SynchronisationException

addInstance

void addInstance(Instance inst)
                 throws SynchronisationException,
                        InvalidModelException

Adds a new instance to the set of instances of this concept The instance will also add this concept to the list of its concepts

Parameters:

inst - The new instance to be added.

Throws:

SynchronisationException

InvalidModelException

See Also:

removeInstance(Instance inst), Instance.addConcept(Concept memberOf)

removeInstance

void removeInstance(Instance inst)
                    throws SynchronisationException,
                           InvalidModelException

Removes an instance from the set of instances of this concept The instance will also remove this concept from the list of its concepts

Parameters:

inst - The instance to be removed

Throws:

SynchronisationException

InvalidModelException

listInstances

java.util.Set listInstances()
                            throws SynchronisationException

Returns a list of this concept's instances

Returns:

The list of this concept's instances

Throws:

SynchronisationException

See Also:

Instance