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: 1946 $ $Date: 2007-04-02 15:13:28 +0300 (Mon, 02 Apr 2007) $

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.
Map<IRI,Set<Object>>	listNFPValues() Returns all the NFP with their values as java.util.Map.
Set<Object>	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

Set<Object> 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

Map<IRI,Set<Object>> 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.