org.omwg.ontology
Interface RelationInstance

All Superinterfaces:

Entity, OntologyElement

public interface RelationInstance
extends OntologyElement

Defines a WSMO relation instance

Version:

$Revision: 1.17 $ $Date: 2005/09/27 13:09:59 $

Author:

not attributable

See Also:

Relation

Method Summary

Value	getParameterValue(byte pos) Returns the value of the specified paramter.
Relation	getRelation() Returns the relation this relation instance is an instance of.
java.util.List	listParameterValues() Returns a list of ParameterValues.
void	setParameterValue(byte pos, Value value) Sets the value of the specieifed Parameter to be the specified ParameterValue object.
void	setRelation(Relation memberOf) Sets the relation this relation instance is an instance of.

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

setRelation

void setRelation(Relation memberOf)
                 throws SynchronisationException,
                        InvalidModelException

Sets the relation this relation instance is an instance of.

Parameters:

memberOf - The Relation this relation instance is an instance of.

Throws:

SynchronisationException

InvalidModelException

See Also:

getRelation()

getRelation

Relation getRelation()
                     throws SynchronisationException

Returns the relation this relation instance is an instance of.

Returns:

The relation this relation instance is an instance of.

Throws:

SynchronisationException

See Also:

setRelation(org.omwg.ontology.Relation)

listParameterValues

java.util.List listParameterValues()

Returns a list of ParameterValues.

Returns:

A list of ParameterValues for all parameters set via setParameterValue.

getParameterValue

Value getParameterValue(byte pos)
                        throws SynchronisationException,
                               InvalidModelException

Returns the value of the specified paramter.

Parameters:

pos - The index of the parameter of interest.

Returns:

The value of the specified parameter.

Throws:

SynchronisationException

InvalidModelException

See Also:

setParameterValue(byte, Value)

setParameterValue

void setParameterValue(byte pos,
                       Value value)
                       throws SynchronisationException,
                              InvalidModelException

Sets the value of the specieifed Parameter to be the specified ParameterValue object.

Parameters:

pos - The index of the Parameter of interest.

value - The ParameterValue object to set the specified Parameter's value to.

Throws:

SynchronisationException

InvalidModelException

See Also:

getParameterValue(byte pos)