NameIF (Ontopia)

All Superinterfaces:

TMObjectIF

All Known Subinterfaces:

MTopicName, MTopicNameWithoutTopic, MVariantName, TopicNameIF, VariantNameIF

All Known Implementing Classes:

ReadOnlyTopicName, ReadOnlyVariantName, SnapshotTopicName, SnapshotVariantName, TopicName, TopicName, VariantName, VariantName
```
public interface NameIF
extends TMObjectIF
```

Field Summary
- Fields inherited from interface net.ontopia.topicmaps.core.TMObjectIF
  EVENT_ADD_ITEMIDENTIFIER, EVENT_REMOVE_ITEMIDENTIFIER, MSG_NULL_ARGUMENT

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`TopicIF`	`getTopic()`	PUBLIC: Gets the topic to which this name belongs.
`String`	`getValue()`	PUBLIC: Gets the value of this name.
`void`	`setValue(String name)`	PUBLIC: Sets the value of this topic name.

Methods inherited from interface net.ontopia.topicmaps.core.TMObjectIF
addItemIdentifier, getItemIdentifiers, getObjectId, getTopicMap, isReadOnly, remove, removeItemIdentifier

- Method Detail
  - getTopic
```
TopicIF getTopic()
```
    PUBLIC: Gets the topic to which this name belongs.
    
    Returns:
    
    The topic named by this name; an object implementing TopicIF.
  - getValue
```
String getValue()
```
    PUBLIC: Gets the value of this name. This corresponds to the content of the 'baseNameString' element in XTM 1.0, as a string. Where this method is implemented by an object implementing VariantNameIF, the contents of the 'variantName' element are returned instead.
    
    Returns:
    
    A string which is the value of this topic name.
  - setValue
```
void setValue(String name)
```
    PUBLIC: Sets the value of this topic name. This corresponds to the content of the 'baseNameString' element in XTM 1.0, as a string. Where this method is implemented by an object implementing VariantNameIF, the contents of the 'variantName' element are returned instead.
    
    Parameters:
    
    name - A string which is the value of this topic name.