com.apelon.dts.client.events
Class ConceptEvent

java.lang.Object
  java.util.EventObject
      com.apelon.dts.client.events.DataChangeEvent
          com.apelon.dts.client.events.ConceptEvent

All Implemented Interfaces:

Serializable

public class ConceptEvent
extends DataChangeEvent

An event which indicates that a concept action occurred.

A concept action is considered to occur in either of the following situation:

• add/modify/delete a DTSConcept
• add/modify/delete a Concept Association
• add/modify/delete a Synonym
• add/modify/delete a Concept Property
• add/modify/delete a Defining OntylogConcept
• add/modify/delete an OntylogConcept Defining Role
• update an OntylogConcept's primitive
• create/ungroup an OntylogConcept's Role Group

Since:

DTS 3.4

Version:

DTS 3.4

Author:

Apelon Inc.

See Also:

Serialized Form

Field Summary

Fields inherited from class com.apelon.dts.client.events.DataChangeEvent

EVENT_TYPE_DELETE, EVENT_TYPE_FIRST, EVENT_TYPE_LAST, EVENT_TYPE_MODIFY, EVENT_TYPE_NEW, INVALID_TYPE_EVENT

Fields inherited from class java.util.EventObject

source

Constructor Summary

ConceptEvent(Object source, DTSConcept concept, int eventType, ConceptAttributeChange attributeChange)
Constructs a ConceptEvent object.

Method Summary

ConceptAttributeChange	getAttributeChange() Get the Concept Attribute Change when a concept is modified.
DTSConcept	getConcept() Get the concept which has changed.
boolean	isConceptAffected(DTSConcept concept) A method to check if a concept is affected by this concept action.
boolean	isTermAffected(Term term) A method to check if a term is affected by this concept action.

Methods inherited from class com.apelon.dts.client.events.DataChangeEvent

getChangedData, getEventType, getNewData, getOldData

Methods inherited from class java.util.EventObject

getSource, toString

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

ConceptEvent

public ConceptEvent(Object source,
                    DTSConcept concept,
                    int eventType,
                    ConceptAttributeChange attributeChange)

Constructs a ConceptEvent object. Initializes the concept attribute change.

Parameters:

source - Should be an object that is a valid source of Concept events.

concept - The concept which has changed. In the case of modifiy, this should be the concept after change.

eventType - If adding a new concept, the eventType should be DataChangeEvent.EVENT_TYPE_NEW If modifying a concept, the eventType should be DataChangeEvent.EVENT_TYPE_MODIFY If deleting a concept, the eventType should be DataChangeEvent.EVENT_TYPE_DELETE

attributeChange - If the concept is modified, attributeChange contains the attributes changes information; If the concept is added or is deleted, attributeChange should be null.

See Also:

ConceptListener, DTSEventMulticaster, ConceptAttributeChange, DataChangeEvent

Method Detail

getAttributeChange

public ConceptAttributeChange getAttributeChange()

Get the Concept Attribute Change when a concept is modified.

Returns:

ConceptAttributeChange It contains the concept attribute changes information when a concept is updated.

getConcept

public DTSConcept getConcept()

Get the concept which has changed. This Concept may only contains basic concept information like name, id, and namespaceid. To get more concept information you have to set corresponding ConceptAttributeSetDescriptor and send a query request to server to get them.

Returns:

DTSConcept If a concept is added, return the concept which is added; If a concept is updated, return the concept after updating; If a concept is deleted, return the concept which is deleted.

isConceptAffected

public boolean isConceptAffected(DTSConcept concept)

A method to check if a concept is affected by this concept action.

Parameters:

concept - the concept to be checked.

Returns:

boolean true - if the concept is affected by this concept action. false - if the concept is not affected by this concept action.

isTermAffected

public boolean isTermAffected(Term term)

A method to check if a term is affected by this concept action.

Parameters:

term - the term to be checked.

Returns:

boolean true - if the term is affected by this concept action. false - if the term is not affected by this concept action.