Package net.ontopia.topicmaps.utils

Class CharacteristicUtils

  • public class CharacteristicUtils
extends Object
    INTERNAL: Characteristic processing utilities.

    • Constructor Detail

      • CharacteristicUtils

        public CharacteristicUtils()

    • Method Detail

      • getByType

        public static <T extends TypedIF> T getByType​(Collection<T> objects,
                                              TopicIF type)
        INTERNAL: Finds first characteristic of a specified type.
        Parameters:
        objects - A collection of TypedIF objects.
        Returns:
        The first object that has the specified type.
        Since:
        2.0

      • getTopicNames

        public static Collection<TopicNameIF> getTopicNames​(Collection<TopicIF> topics)
        INTERNAL: Gets the basenames of the given collection of topics.
        Parameters:
        topics - A scope; a collection of TopicIF objects.
        Returns:
        An ArrayList of TopicNameIF objects; the base names of all the topics in the given collection.

      • getVariants

        public static Collection<VariantNameIF> getVariants​(Collection<TopicNameIF> names)
        Gets all the variant names of the given collecton of basenames, including nested ones.
        Parameters:
        names - A collection of TopicNameIF objects.
        Returns:
        The variant names of all the basenames in the given collection; an ArrayList of VariantNameIF objects.

      • getOccurrences

        public static Collection<OccurrenceIF> getOccurrences​(Collection<TopicIF> topics)
        Gets the occurrences of all the topics in the given collection.
        Parameters:
        topics - A collection of TopicIF objects; a scope.
        Returns:
        An ArrayList of OccurrenceIF objects; all the occurrences of the topics in the given collection.

      • getRoles

        public static Collection<AssociationRoleIF> getRoles​(Collection<TopicIF> topics)
        Gets the association roles of the topics in the given collection.
        Parameters:
        topics - A collection of TopicIF objects; a scope.
        Returns:
        An ArrayList of AssociationRoleIF objects; all the association roles of the topics in the given collection.

      • getTopicsOfTopicNames

        public static Collection<TopicIF> getTopicsOfTopicNames​(Collection<TopicNameIF> basenames)
        INTERNAL: Gets the topics of a collection of basenames.
        Parameters:
        basenames - A collection of TopicNameIFs.
        Returns:
        A collection of TopicIF objects; the topics to which the basenames belong.

      • getAssociatedTopics

        public static Collection<TopicIF> getAssociatedTopics​(TopicIF topic)
        INTERNAL: Returns all the directly associated topics of the given topic.
        Since:
        3.4