ValueGeneratorIF (Ontopia)

All Known Implementing Classes:

AbstractTopicGenerator, IRIAsArgumentGenerator, NamedWildcardTopicGenerator, ValueGenerator, WildcardTopicGenerator
```
public interface ValueGeneratorIF
```
Common interface for generating both literal values and topics.

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`ValueGeneratorIF`	`copy()`
`LocatorIF`	`getDatatype()`
`String`	`getLiteral()`
`LocatorIF`	`getLocator()`	Returns a locator if the literal is a locator.
`TopicIF`	`getTopic()`
`boolean`	`isTopic()`	Returns true if this generator produces a topic.

- Method Detail
  - isTopic
```
boolean isTopic()
```
    Returns true if this generator produces a topic.
  - getLiteral
```
String getLiteral()
```
  - getDatatype
```
LocatorIF getDatatype()
```
  - getLocator
```
LocatorIF getLocator()
```
    Returns a locator if the literal is a locator. Otherwise it throws an exception.
  - copy
```
ValueGeneratorIF copy()
```
  - getTopic
```
TopicIF getTopic()
```