com.apelon.dts.client.association
Class Purpose

java.lang.Object
  com.apelon.dts.client.association.Purpose

public class Purpose
extends Object

Provides a typesafe enum pattern for the purpose of an association. An association may be a mapping between concepts or terms in two separate namespaces, a historical mapping between two versions of a concept or term, or "arbitrary" for any other type of association.

Copyright: Copyright (c) 2003

Company: Apelon, Inc.

Version:

DTS 3.0.0

Author:

Apelon, Inc.

Field Summary

static Purpose	ARBITRARY
static Purpose	HISTORY
static Purpose	MAPPING

Constructor Summary

Purpose()

Method Summary

String

toString() Get string for purpose

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Field Detail

ARBITRARY

public static final Purpose ARBITRARY

MAPPING

public static final Purpose MAPPING

HISTORY

public static final Purpose HISTORY

Constructor Detail

Purpose

public Purpose()

Method Detail

toString

public String toString()

Get string for purpose

Overrides:

toString in class Object

Returns:

purpose display string