Class IntegerOntology

  • All Implemented Interfaces:
    Ontology

    public class IntegerOntology
    extends java.lang.Object
    implements Ontology
    Author:
    Matthew Pocock
    • Method Summary

      All Methods Instance Methods Concrete Methods 
      Modifier and Type Method Description
      boolean containsTerm​(java.lang.String name)
      Determines if this ontology currently contains a term named name
      boolean containsTriple​(Term subject, Term object, Term predicate)
      See if a triple exists in this ontology
      Term createTerm​(java.lang.String name)
      Create a new term in this ontology.
      Term createTerm​(java.lang.String name, java.lang.String description)
      Create a new term in this ontology.
      Term createTerm​(java.lang.String name, java.lang.String description, java.lang.Object[] synonyms)
      Create a new term in this ontology.
      Triple createTriple​(Term subject, Term object, Term predicate, java.lang.String name, java.lang.String description)
      Creates a new Triple.
      Variable createVariable​(java.lang.String name, java.lang.String description)
      Create a new term in this ontology that is used as a variable.
      void deleteTerm​(Term t)
      Remove a term from an ontology, together with all triples which refer to it.
      java.lang.String getDescription()
      Return a human-readable description of this ontology, or the empty string if none is available
      java.lang.String getName()
      Return the name of this ontology
      OntologyOps getOps()
      Return the associated OntologyOps.
      Term getTerm​(java.lang.String s)
      Fetch the term with the specified name.
      java.util.Set getTerms()
      Return all the terms in this ontology
      java.util.Set getTriples​(Term subject, Term object, Term predicate)
      Return all triples from this ontology which match the supplied pattern.
      Term importTerm​(Term t, java.lang.String name)
      Create a view of a term from another ontology.
      IntegerOntology.IntTerm resolveInt​(int val)  
      void setDescription​(java.lang.String description)
      set the description of this ontology
      void setName​(java.lang.String name)
      Set the name for this ontology
      • Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

        clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait
    • Method Detail

      • getName

        public java.lang.String getName()
        Description copied from interface: Ontology
        Return the name of this ontology
        Specified by:
        getName in interface Ontology
        Returns:
        the name of the ontology
      • getDescription

        public java.lang.String getDescription()
        Description copied from interface: Ontology
        Return a human-readable description of this ontology, or the empty string if none is available
        Specified by:
        getDescription in interface Ontology
        Returns:
        the description of the term
      • setDescription

        public void setDescription​(java.lang.String description)
        Description copied from interface: Ontology
        set the description of this ontology
        Specified by:
        setDescription in interface Ontology
      • getTerms

        public java.util.Set getTerms()
        Description copied from interface: Ontology
        Return all the terms in this ontology
        Specified by:
        getTerms in interface Ontology
        Returns:
        a Set of all Terms of the ontology.
      • getTerm

        public Term getTerm​(java.lang.String s)
                     throws java.util.NoSuchElementException
        Description copied from interface: Ontology
        Fetch the term with the specified name.
        Specified by:
        getTerm in interface Ontology
        Parameters:
        s - the name of the term
        Returns:
        The term named name
        Throws:
        java.util.NoSuchElementException - if no term exists with that name
      • getTriples

        public java.util.Set getTriples​(Term subject,
                                        Term object,
                                        Term predicate)
        Description copied from interface: Ontology
        Return all triples from this ontology which match the supplied pattern. If any of the parameters of this method are null, they are treated as wildcards.
        Specified by:
        getTriples in interface Ontology
        Parameters:
        subject - The subject to search for, or null
        object - The object to search for, or null
        predicate - The relationship to search for, or null.
        Returns:
        a Set of triples
      • getOps

        public OntologyOps getOps()
        Description copied from interface: Ontology
        Return the associated OntologyOps. This method should be implemented by ontology implementors to allow OntoTools to get optimized access to some usefull ontology operations. It is not intended that users will ever invoke this. A sensible dumb implementation of this would return a per-ontology instance of DefaultOps.
        Specified by:
        getOps in interface Ontology
        Returns:
        the OntologyOps instance associated with this instance.
      • createTerm

        public Term createTerm​(java.lang.String name)
                        throws AlreadyExistsException,
                               java.lang.IllegalArgumentException
        Description copied from interface: Ontology
        Create a new term in this ontology.
        Specified by:
        createTerm in interface Ontology
        Parameters:
        name - The name of the term (must be unique))
        Returns:
        The newly created term.
        Throws:
        AlreadyExistsException - if a term of this name already exists
        java.lang.IllegalArgumentException - if either name or description is null, or violates some other constraint of this implementation.
      • createTerm

        public Term createTerm​(java.lang.String name,
                               java.lang.String description)
                        throws AlreadyExistsException,
                               java.lang.IllegalArgumentException
        Description copied from interface: Ontology
        Create a new term in this ontology.
        Specified by:
        createTerm in interface Ontology
        Parameters:
        name - The name of the term (must be unique)
        description - A human-readable description (may be empty)
        Returns:
        The newly created term.
        Throws:
        AlreadyExistsException - if a term of this name already exists
        java.lang.IllegalArgumentException - if either name or description is null, or violates some other constraint of this implementation.
      • createTerm

        public Term createTerm​(java.lang.String name,
                               java.lang.String description,
                               java.lang.Object[] synonyms)
                        throws AlreadyExistsException,
                               java.lang.IllegalArgumentException
        Description copied from interface: Ontology
        Create a new term in this ontology.
        Specified by:
        createTerm in interface Ontology
        Parameters:
        name - The name of the term (must be unique)
        description - A human-readable description (may be empty)
        synonyms - Some synonyms for this term.
        Returns:
        The newly created term.
        Throws:
        AlreadyExistsException - if a term of this name already exists
        java.lang.IllegalArgumentException - if either name or description is null, or violates some other constraint of this implementation.
      • createVariable

        public Variable createVariable​(java.lang.String name,
                                       java.lang.String description)
                                throws AlreadyExistsException,
                                       java.lang.IllegalArgumentException
        Description copied from interface: Ontology
        Create a new term in this ontology that is used as a variable.
        Specified by:
        createVariable in interface Ontology
        Parameters:
        name - The name of the term (must be unique)
        description - A human-readable description (may be empty)
        Returns:
        The newly created term.
        Throws:
        AlreadyExistsException - if a term of this name already exists
        java.lang.IllegalArgumentException - if either name or description is null, or violates some other constraint of this implementation.
      • importTerm

        public Term importTerm​(Term t,
                               java.lang.String name)
        Description copied from interface: Ontology
        Create a view of a term from another ontology. If the requested term has already been imported under that name, this method returns the existing RemoteTerm object. If the term that is being imported is itself a RemoteTerm instance then first unwrap the term back to the orriginal term it represents and then produce a RemoteTerm from that. If the term being imported orriginated from this ontology, then return that term unaltered.
        Specified by:
        importTerm in interface Ontology
        Parameters:
        t - the Term to import
        name - the local name to import it under, optionally null
        Returns:
        a Term
      • createTriple

        public Triple createTriple​(Term subject,
                                   Term object,
                                   Term predicate,
                                   java.lang.String name,
                                   java.lang.String description)
                            throws AlreadyExistsException
        Description copied from interface: Ontology
        Creates a new Triple.
        Specified by:
        createTriple in interface Ontology
        Parameters:
        subject - the subject Term
        object - the object Term
        predicate - the predicate Term
        name - the name of the triple, or null
        description - the description of the triple, or null
        Returns:
        a new Triple over these three terms
        Throws:
        AlreadyExistsException - if a triple already exists with the same subject, object and predicate, regardless of the name and description
      • containsTriple

        public boolean containsTriple​(Term subject,
                                      Term object,
                                      Term predicate)
        Description copied from interface: Ontology
        See if a triple exists in this ontology
        Specified by:
        containsTriple in interface Ontology
        Returns:
        true if contained
      • deleteTerm

        public void deleteTerm​(Term t)
        Description copied from interface: Ontology
        Remove a term from an ontology, together with all triples which refer to it.
        Specified by:
        deleteTerm in interface Ontology
      • containsTerm

        public boolean containsTerm​(java.lang.String name)
        Description copied from interface: Ontology
        Determines if this ontology currently contains a term named name
        Specified by:
        containsTerm in interface Ontology
        Returns:
        true is contained
      • setName

        public void setName​(java.lang.String name)
        Description copied from interface: Ontology
        Set the name for this ontology
        Specified by:
        setName in interface Ontology
        Parameters:
        name - - the name