org.wsmo.locator
Interface Locator

public interface Locator

An interface representing an entity locator.

Version:

$Revision: 1.5 $ $Date: 2005/10/18 09:16:47 $

Author:

not attributable

Method Summary

java.util.Set	lookup(Identifier id) Attempts to find an entity based on its IRI.
Entity	lookup(Identifier id, java.lang.Class clazz) Attempts to find an entity based on its IRI and the type of entity of interest.

Method Detail

lookup

java.util.Set lookup(Identifier id)
                     throws SynchronisationException

Attempts to find an entity based on its IRI. If metamodelling is used (e.g. an extension of WSML-Core) then more than one entity may correspond to the provied IRI.

Parameters:

id - The ID of the entity to find

Returns:

The entity(ies) corresponding to the supplied ID or null if none found

Throws:

SynchronisationException

See Also:

Entity

lookup

Entity lookup(Identifier id,
              java.lang.Class clazz)
              throws SynchronisationException

Attempts to find an entity based on its IRI and the type of entity of interest. Note that the class name is the WSMO API interface name and not the name of a particular class implementing the WSMO API interface.

Parameters:

id - The ID of the entity to find

clazz - the type of entity (e.g. the name of the WSMO API interface name)

Returns:

The entity corresponding to the supplied ID or null if none found

Throws:

SynchronisationException