MTopic (Ontopia)

All Superinterfaces:

MTMObject, TMObjectIF, TopicIF

All Known Subinterfaces:

MFlatTopic
```
public interface MTopic
extends MTMObject, TopicIF
```

Field Summary
- Fields inherited from interface net.ontopia.topicmaps.core.TMObjectIF
  EVENT_ADD_ITEMIDENTIFIER, EVENT_REMOVE_ITEMIDENTIFIER, MSG_NULL_ARGUMENT
- Fields inherited from interface net.ontopia.topicmaps.core.TopicIF
  EVENT_ADD_OCCURRENCE, EVENT_ADD_SUBJECTIDENTIFIER, EVENT_ADD_SUBJECTLOCATOR, EVENT_ADD_TOPICNAME, EVENT_ADD_TYPE, EVENT_ADDED, EVENT_MODIFIED, EVENT_REMOVE_OCCURRENCE, EVENT_REMOVE_SUBJECTIDENTIFIER, EVENT_REMOVE_SUBJECTLOCATOR, EVENT_REMOVE_TOPICNAME, EVENT_REMOVE_TYPE, EVENT_REMOVED

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`Collection<AssociationIF>`	`getAssociations()`	PUBLIC: Gets the associations that have roles played by this topic.
`Collection<AssociationRoleIF>`	`getRoles()`	PUBLIC: Gets the association roles played by this topic.
`Collection<TopicNameIF>`	`getTopicNames()`	PUBLIC: Gets the names of this topic.

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

Methods inherited from interface net.ontopia.topicmaps.core.TopicIF
addSubjectIdentifier, addSubjectLocator, addType, getAssociationsByType, getOccurrences, getOccurrencesByType, getReified, getRolesByType, getRolesByType, getSubjectIdentifiers, getSubjectLocators, getTopicNamesByType, getTypes, merge, removeSubjectIdentifier, removeSubjectLocator, removeType

- Method Detail
  - getTopicNames
```
Collection<TopicNameIF> getTopicNames()
```
    Description copied from interface: TopicIF
    
    PUBLIC: Gets the names of this topic.
    
    Specified by:
    
    getTopicNames in interface TopicIF
    
    Returns:
    
    A collection of TopicNameIF objects.
  - getAssociations
```
Collection<AssociationIF> getAssociations()
```
    Description copied from interface: TopicIF
    
    PUBLIC: Gets the associations that have roles played by this topic. There is no guarantee as to the order these are returned in.
    
    Specified by:
    
    getAssociations in interface TopicIF
    
    Returns:
    
    A collection of AssociationIF objects.
  - getRoles
```
Collection<AssociationRoleIF> getRoles()
```
    Description copied from interface: TopicIF
    
    PUBLIC: Gets the association roles played by this topic. There is no guarantee as to the order these are returned in.
    
    Specified by:
    
    getRoles in interface TopicIF
    
    Returns:
    
    A collection of AssociationRoleIF objects.