ontopoly.model
Class AbstractTypingTopic

java.lang.Object
  ontopoly.model.Topic
      ontopoly.model.AbstractTypingTopic

Direct Known Subclasses:

AssociationType, IdentityType, NameType, OccurrenceType, RoleType, TopicType

public abstract class AbstractTypingTopic
extends Topic

INTERNAL: Common superclass for all typing topics, like association types, topic types, role types, etc. FIXME: Should there be another subtype for isHidden, isReadOnly etc?

Constructor Summary

AbstractTypingTopic(TopicIF topicIF, TopicMap tm)
Constructor.

Method Summary

abstract java.util.Collection<? extends FieldDefinition>	getDeclaredByFields() Returns the field definitions that are declared for this typing topic.
abstract LocatorIF	getLocatorIF() Gets the LocatorIF for this typing topic.
boolean	isHidden() Returns true if this typing topic is hidden.
boolean	isReadOnly() Returns true if this typing topic is read-only.

Methods inherited from class ontopoly.model.Topic

addTopicType, copyCharacteristics, equals, findDependentObjects, getDependentObjects, getFieldInstances, getFieldInstances, getId, getMostSpecificTopicType, getName, getTopicIF, getTopicMap, getTopicTypes, hashCode, isAssociationType, isFieldDefinition, isInstanceOf, isInstanceOf, isNameType, isOccurrenceType, isOntologyTopic, isOntologyType, isPrivateSystemTopic, isPublicSystemTopic, isRoleType, isSystemTopic, isTopicMap, isTopicType, remove, removeTopicType, toString

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

AbstractTypingTopic

public AbstractTypingTopic(TopicIF topicIF,
                           TopicMap tm)

Constructor.

Parameters:

topicIF - the TopicIF object associated with this topic.

tm - the TopicMap this topic belongs to.

Method Detail

getLocatorIF

public abstract LocatorIF getLocatorIF()

Gets the LocatorIF for this typing topic. The locator is the PSI used by the ontology topic map model.p

Returns:

the LocatorIF for this typing topic.

isReadOnly

public boolean isReadOnly()

Returns true if this typing topic is read-only. If the topic type is read-only it cannot be edited or deleted.

Returns:

true if read only is turned on.

isHidden

public boolean isHidden()

Returns true if this typing topic is hidden. NOTE: this feature is not yet supported.

Returns:

true if hidden is turned on.

getDeclaredByFields

public abstract java.util.Collection<? extends FieldDefinition> getDeclaredByFields()

Returns the field definitions that are declared for this typing topic.

Returns:

a list of FieldDefinitions.