org.wsmo.common
Interface Entity

All Known Subinterfaces:

Attribute, Axiom, Capability, Choreography, Concept, GGMediator, Goal, Instance, Interface, Mediator, Ontology, OntologyElement, OOMediator, Orchestration, Relation, RelationInstance, ServiceDescription, TopEntity, WebService, WGMediator, WWMediator

public interface Entity

Base class for all WSMO entities.

Version:

$Revision: 1.11 $ $Date: 2005/09/27 13:10:24 $

Author:

not attributable

Method Summary

void	addNFPValue(IRI key, Identifier value) Adds a value to the list of values associated with this key.
void	addNFPValue(IRI key, Value value) Adds a value to the list of values associated with this key.
Identifier	getIdentifier() Returns the ID of this entity.
java.util.Map	listNFPValues() Returns all the NFP with their values as java.util.Map.
java.util.Set	listNFPValues(IRI key) Returns the list of values associated with the specified key.
void	removeNFP(IRI key) Removes a NFP (e.g.
void	removeNFPValue(IRI key, Identifier value) Removes a value from the list of values associated with a specific key.
void	removeNFPValue(IRI key, Value value) Removes a value from the list of values associated with a specific key.

Method Detail

listNFPValues

java.util.Set listNFPValues(IRI key)
                            throws SynchronisationException

Returns the list of values associated with the specified key.

Parameters:

key - The key (IRI) of interest.

Returns:

A list of values associated with the specified key.

Throws:

SynchronisationException

See Also:

NFP

listNFPValues

java.util.Map listNFPValues()
                            throws SynchronisationException

Returns all the NFP with their values as java.util.Map. The Map entries are (key, set-of-values-for-that-key)

Returns:

A Map holding the NFPs and values

Throws:

SynchronisationException

See Also:

NFP

addNFPValue

void addNFPValue(IRI key,
                 Identifier value)
                 throws SynchronisationException,
                        InvalidModelException

Adds a value to the list of values associated with this key.

Parameters:

key - The key of interest.

value - Identifier or DataValue to be added to the list of values associated with this key.

Throws:

SynchronisationException

InvalidModelException

See Also:

NFP

addNFPValue

void addNFPValue(IRI key,
                 Value value)
                 throws SynchronisationException,
                        InvalidModelException

Adds a value to the list of values associated with this key.

Parameters:

key - The key of interest.

value - Identifier or DataValue to be added to the list of values associated with this key.

Throws:

SynchronisationException

InvalidModelException

See Also:

NFP

removeNFPValue

void removeNFPValue(IRI key,
                    Identifier value)
                    throws SynchronisationException,
                           InvalidModelException

Removes a value from the list of values associated with a specific key.

Parameters:

key - The key of interest.

value - Identifier or DataValue to be removed from the list of values associated with the specified key.

Throws:

SynchronisationException

InvalidModelException

See Also:

NFP

removeNFPValue

void removeNFPValue(IRI key,
                    Value value)
                    throws SynchronisationException,
                           InvalidModelException

Removes a value from the list of values associated with a specific key.

Parameters:

key - The key of interest.

value - Identifier or DataValue to be removed from the list of values associated with the specified key.

Throws:

SynchronisationException

InvalidModelException

See Also:

NFP

removeNFP

void removeNFP(IRI key)
               throws SynchronisationException,
                      InvalidModelException

Removes a NFP (e.g. all key/value pairs) associated with a specific key.

Parameters:

key - The key of interest.

Throws:

SynchronisationException

InvalidModelException

See Also:

NFP

getIdentifier

Identifier getIdentifier()

Returns the ID of this entity.

Returns:

The ID of this entity.