ontopoly.model
Class AssociationType

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

public class AssociationType
extends AbstractTypingTopic

Represents an association type.

Constructor Summary

AssociationType(TopicIF currTopic, TopicMap tm)
Creates a new AssociationType object.

Method Summary

boolean	equals(Object obj)
Collection<RoleField>	getDeclaredByFields() Returns the field definitions that are declared for this typing topic.
List<RoleType>	getDeclaredRoleTypes() Returns all role types that have been declared for this association type.
LocatorIF	getLocatorIF() Gets the LocatorIF for this typing topic.
Collection<List<RoleType>>	getUsedRoleTypeCombinations() Returns a collection of lists that contain the role type combinations that have been used in actual associations.
boolean	isHierarchical() Tests whether this association type is hierarchical.
boolean	isSymmetric() Indicates whether the association type is symmetric.
void	transformInstances(List<RoleType> roleTypesFrom, List<RoleType> roleTypesTo) Transforms associations from the role types of the given form to the new one as given.

Methods inherited from class ontopoly.model.AbstractTypingTopic

isHidden, isReadOnly

Methods inherited from class ontopoly.model.Topic

addTopicType, copyCharacteristics, 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

AssociationType

public AssociationType(TopicIF currTopic,
                       TopicMap tm)

Creates a new AssociationType object.

Method Detail

getLocatorIF

public LocatorIF getLocatorIF()

Description copied from class: AbstractTypingTopic

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

Specified by:

getLocatorIF in class AbstractTypingTopic

Returns:

the LocatorIF for this typing topic.

equals

public boolean equals(Object obj)

Overrides:

equals in class Topic

isSymmetric

public boolean isSymmetric()

Indicates whether the association type is symmetric.

isHierarchical

public boolean isHierarchical()

Tests whether this association type is hierarchical.

Returns:

true if this is association type is hierarchical.

getDeclaredByFields

public Collection<RoleField> getDeclaredByFields()

Description copied from class: AbstractTypingTopic

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

Specified by:

getDeclaredByFields in class AbstractTypingTopic

Returns:

a list of FieldDefinitions.

getDeclaredRoleTypes

public List<RoleType> getDeclaredRoleTypes()

Returns all role types that have been declared for this association type.

Returns:

list of role types

getUsedRoleTypeCombinations

public Collection<List<RoleType>> getUsedRoleTypeCombinations()

Returns a collection of lists that contain the role type combinations that have been used in actual associations. The RoleTypes are sorted by object id.

Returns:

Collection>

transformInstances

public void transformInstances(List<RoleType> roleTypesFrom,
                               List<RoleType> roleTypesTo)

Transforms associations from the role types of the given form to the new one as given.

Parameters:

roleTypesFrom - list of role types that should match existing associations

roleTypesTo - list of role types to which the associations should be changed