Package net.ontopia.topicmaps.core

Interface TypedIF

All Superinterfaces:

TMObjectIF

All Known Subinterfaces:

AssociationIF, AssociationRoleIF, MAssociation, MAssociationRole, MAssociationRoleWithoutAssociation, MOccurrence, MOccurrenceWithoutTopic, MTopicName, MTopicNameWithoutTopic, OccurrenceIF, TopicNameIF

All Known Implementing Classes:

Association, Association, AssociationRole, AssociationRole, Occurrence, Occurrence, PhantomAssociation, ReadOnlyAssociation, ReadOnlyAssociationRole, ReadOnlyOccurrence, ReadOnlyTopicName, SnapshotOccurrence, SnapshotTopicName, TopicName, TopicName

public interface TypedIF
extends TMObjectIF

PUBLIC: Implemented by topic map objects that are instances of a single type, such as occurrences, associations, association roles, and topic names.

Types are always represented by topics.

Field Summary

Fields inherited from interface net.ontopia.topicmaps.core.TMObjectIF

EVENT_ADD_ITEMIDENTIFIER, EVENT_REMOVE_ITEMIDENTIFIER, MSG_NULL_ARGUMENT

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
TopicIF	getType()	PUBLIC: Gets the type that this object is an instance of.
void	setType(TopicIF type)	PUBLIC: Sets the type that this object is an instance of.

Methods inherited from interface net.ontopia.topicmaps.core.TMObjectIF

addItemIdentifier, getItemIdentifiers, getObjectId, getTopicMap, isReadOnly, remove, removeItemIdentifier

Method Details

getType

TopicIF getType()

PUBLIC: Gets the type that this object is an instance of.

Returns:

The type of this object; an object implementing TopicIF.

setType

void setType(TopicIF type)

PUBLIC: Sets the type that this object is an instance of.

Parameters:

type - The type for this object; an object implementing TopicIF.