net.ontopia.topicmaps.utils.ctm

Class AbstractTopicGenerator

java.lang.Object

net.ontopia.topicmaps.utils.ctm.AbstractTopicGenerator

All Implemented Interfaces:

ValueGeneratorIF

Direct Known Subclasses:

NamedWildcardTopicGenerator, WildcardTopicGenerator

public abstract class AbstractTopicGenerator
extends Object
implements ValueGeneratorIF

Abstract topic generator.

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
AbstractTopicGenerator()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
LocatorIF	getDatatype()
String	getLiteral()
LocatorIF	getLocator() Returns a locator if the literal is a locator.
boolean	isTopic() Returns true if this generator produces a topic.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Methods inherited from interface net.ontopia.topicmaps.utils.ctm.ValueGeneratorIF

copy, getTopic

Constructor Detail

AbstractTopicGenerator

public AbstractTopicGenerator()

Method Detail

isTopic

public boolean isTopic()

Description copied from interface: ValueGeneratorIF

Returns true if this generator produces a topic.

Specified by:

isTopic in interface ValueGeneratorIF

getLiteral

public String getLiteral()

Specified by:

getLiteral in interface ValueGeneratorIF

getDatatype

public LocatorIF getDatatype()

Specified by:

getDatatype in interface ValueGeneratorIF

getLocator

public LocatorIF getLocator()

Description copied from interface: ValueGeneratorIF

Returns a locator if the literal is a locator. Otherwise it throws an exception.

Specified by:

getLocator in interface ValueGeneratorIF