com.apelon.dts.client.attribute
Class QualifierType

java.lang.Object
  com.apelon.dts.client.common.DTSObject
      com.apelon.dts.client.attribute.QualifierType

All Implemented Interfaces:

Cloneable

public class QualifierType
extends DTSObject
implements Cloneable

QualifierType defines a qualifier, which has a name. Qualifiers of a defined QualifierType can have a value and are attached to associations, and concept and term properties. These are intended to provide additional information about the item to which they are attached.

Copyright: Copyright (c) 2003

Company: Apelon, Inc.

Since:

DTS 3.0.0

Version:

DTS 3.0.0

Author:

Apelon, Inc.

Constructor Summary

QualifierType(String name, int namespaceId, QualifiesItemType qualifies)
Constructs a new QualifierType of the given name, and namespace: the id and code for this type will be generated when it is added to the server.

QualifierType(String name, int id, String code, int namespaceId, QualifiesItemType qualifies)
Constructs a new QualifierType of the given name, ID, code and namespace.

Method Summary

Object	clone() Clone this QualifierType object.
boolean	equals(Object obj) Compares this qualifier type to the specified object.
QualifiesItemType	getQualifies() Gets a QualifiesItemType indicating what the qualifier qualifies.
void	setQualifies(QualifiesItemType newQualifies) Sets a QualifiesItemType indicating what the qualifier qualifies.

Methods inherited from class com.apelon.dts.client.common.DTSObject

getCode, getId, getName, getNamespaceId, hashCode, setCode, setId, setName, setNamespaceId, toString

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

finalize, getClass, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

QualifierType

public QualifierType(String name,
                     int id,
                     String code,
                     int namespaceId,
                     QualifiesItemType qualifies)

Constructs a new QualifierType of the given name, ID, code and namespace.

Parameters:

name - the qualifier type's name

id - the qualifier type's ID

code - the qualifier type's code

namespaceId - the ID of the qualifier type's namespace

qualifies - QualifiesItemType indicating what the qualifier qualifies: -- an association between two concepts -- an association between two terms -- a property attached to a concept -- a property attached to a term

QualifierType

public QualifierType(String name,
                     int namespaceId,
                     QualifiesItemType qualifies)

Constructs a new QualifierType of the given name, and namespace: the id and code for this type will be generated when it is added to the server.

Parameters:

name - the qualifier type's name

namespaceId - the ID of the qualifier type's namespace

qualifies - QualifiesItemType indicating what the qualifier qualifies: -- an association between two concepts -- an association between two terms -- a property attached to a concept -- a property attached to a term

Method Detail

clone

public Object clone()
             throws CloneNotSupportedException

Clone this QualifierType object.

Overrides:

clone in class Object

Returns:

a clone of this QualifierType.

Throws:

CloneNotSupportedException - if unable to create a clone

setQualifies

public void setQualifies(QualifiesItemType newQualifies)

Sets a QualifiesItemType indicating what the qualifier qualifies.

Parameters:

newQualifies - QualifiesItemType indicating the kind of association or property qualified

getQualifies

public QualifiesItemType getQualifies()

Gets a QualifiesItemType indicating what the qualifier qualifies.

Returns:

QualifiesItemType that indicates what the qualifier qualifies:

• qualifies an association between two concepts
• qualifies an association between two terms
• qualifies a property attached to a concept
• qualifies a property attached to a term

equals

public boolean equals(Object obj)

Compares this qualifier type to the specified object.

Overrides:

equals in class DTSObject

Parameters:

obj - object to compare with

Returns:

true if the object is equal to this QualifierType; false otherwise.