TopicNameIF (Ontopia)

All Superinterfaces:

NameIF, ReifiableIF, ScopedIF, TMObjectIF, TypedIF

All Known Subinterfaces:

MTopicName, MTopicNameWithoutTopic

All Known Implementing Classes:

ReadOnlyTopicName, SnapshotTopicName, TopicName, TopicName
```
public interface TopicNameIF
extends NameIF, ScopedIF, TypedIF, ReifiableIF
```
PUBLIC: Implemented by an object which represents a topic name, which is a topic characteristic.
This interface is also used for 'variant' elements in the XTM 1.0 syntax, when extended by the VariantNameIF interface.

Field Summary

Fields
Modifier and Type	Field	Description
`static String`	`EVENT_ADD_THEME`
`static String`	`EVENT_ADD_VARIANT`
`static String`	`EVENT_ADDED`
`static String`	`EVENT_REMOVE_THEME`
`static String`	`EVENT_REMOVE_VARIANT`
`static String`	`EVENT_REMOVED`
`static String`	`EVENT_SET_TYPE`
`static String`	`EVENT_SET_VALUE`

Fields inherited from interface net.ontopia.topicmaps.core.ReifiableIF
EVENT_SET_REIFIER

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
`Collection<VariantNameIF>`	`getVariants()`	PUBLIC: Gets the variant names of the topic named by this topic name.

Methods inherited from interface net.ontopia.topicmaps.core.NameIF
getTopic, getValue, setValue

Methods inherited from interface net.ontopia.topicmaps.core.ReifiableIF
getReifier, setReifier

Methods inherited from interface net.ontopia.topicmaps.core.ScopedIF
addTheme, getScope, removeTheme

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

Methods inherited from interface net.ontopia.topicmaps.core.TypedIF
getType, setType

- Field Detail
  - EVENT_ADDED
```
static final String EVENT_ADDED
```
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    Constant Field Values
  - EVENT_REMOVED
```
static final String EVENT_REMOVED
```
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  - EVENT_SET_TYPE
```
static final String EVENT_SET_TYPE
```
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  - EVENT_SET_VALUE
```
static final String EVENT_SET_VALUE
```
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    Constant Field Values
  - EVENT_ADD_VARIANT
```
static final String EVENT_ADD_VARIANT
```
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    Constant Field Values
  - EVENT_REMOVE_VARIANT
```
static final String EVENT_REMOVE_VARIANT
```
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    Constant Field Values
  - EVENT_ADD_THEME
```
static final String EVENT_ADD_THEME
```
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    Constant Field Values
  - EVENT_REMOVE_THEME
```
static final String EVENT_REMOVE_THEME
```
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    Constant Field Values
- Method Detail
  - getVariants
```
Collection<VariantNameIF> getVariants()
```
    PUBLIC: Gets the variant names of the topic named by this topic name. These correspond to the 'variant' child elements of the 'baseName' element in XTM 1.0. There is no guarantee as to which order these appear in the collection.
    
    Returns:
    
    A collection of VariantNameIF objects.