Package net.ontopia.topicmaps.impl.basic

Class Association

java.lang.Object
net.ontopia.topicmaps.impl.basic.TMObject
net.ontopia.topicmaps.impl.basic.Association
All Implemented Interfaces:
Serializable, AssociationIF, ReifiableIF, ScopedIF, TMObjectIF, TypedIF
Direct Known Subclasses:
DynamicAssociation
public class Association extends TMObject implements AssociationIF
INTERNAL: The basic association implementation.
See Also:

  • Field Details

  • Constructor Details

    • Association

      protected Association(TopicMap tm)

  • Method Details

    • setTopicMap

      protected void setTopicMap(TopicMap parent)
      INTERNAL: Sets the topic map that the object belongs to. [parent]

    • getRoleTypes

      public Collection<TopicIF> getRoleTypes()
      Description copied from interface: AssociationIF
      PUBLIC: Gets a Collection of association role types found in this association. The returned collection does not contain any duplicates. Even if some roles have no type, null will not be returned as one of the role types in the returned set.
      Specified by:
      getRoleTypes in interface AssociationIF
      Returns:
      A Collection of TopicIF objects.

    • getRolesByType

      public Collection<AssociationRoleIF> getRolesByType(TopicIF roletype)
      Description copied from interface: AssociationIF
      PUBLIC: Gets the association roles in this association which are of the given role type.
      Specified by:
      getRolesByType in interface AssociationIF
      Parameters:
      roletype - The type of the roles returned; an object implementing TopicIF. If null the method will return the roles that have no type.
      Returns:
      A Collection of AssociationRoleIF objects.

    • getRoles

      public Collection<AssociationRoleIF> getRoles()
      Description copied from interface: AssociationIF
      PUBLIC: Gets all the association roles of the association. The returned roles may appear in any order.
      Specified by:
      getRoles in interface AssociationIF
      Returns:
      A collection of AssociationRoleIF objects.

    • addRole

      protected void addRole(AssociationRoleIF _assoc_role)

    • removeRole

      protected void removeRole(AssociationRoleIF _assoc_role)

    • remove

      public void remove()
      Description copied from interface: TMObjectIF
      PUBLIC: Removes the object from its parent.
      Specified by:
      remove in interface TMObjectIF

    • getScope

      public Collection<TopicIF> getScope()
      Description copied from interface: ScopedIF
      PUBLIC: Returns the set of topics that are the stated scope of this object. Scoping topics inherited from parent objects are not included. There is no guarantee as to which order these topics are returned in.
      Specified by:
      getScope in interface ScopedIF
      Returns:
      A collection of TopicIF objects.

    • addTheme

      public void addTheme(TopicIF theme)
      Description copied from interface: ScopedIF
      PUBLIC: Add a topic to this scope. (A topic used in a scope is also called a theme.) If the topic is already part of the scope the method call has no effect.
      Specified by:
      addTheme in interface ScopedIF
      Parameters:
      theme - A topic to be added to this scope; an object implementing TopicIF.

    • removeTheme

      public void removeTheme(TopicIF theme)
      Description copied from interface: ScopedIF
      PUBLIC: Remove a topic from this scope. If the topic is not already in the scope this method has no effect. (A topic used in a scope is also called a theme.)
      Specified by:
      removeTheme in interface ScopedIF
      Parameters:
      theme - A topic to be removed from this scope; an object implementing TopicIF.

    • getType

      public TopicIF getType()
      Description copied from interface: TypedIF
      PUBLIC: Gets the type that this object is an instance of.
      Specified by:
      getType in interface TypedIF
      Returns:
      The type of this object; an object implementing TopicIF.

    • setType

      public void setType(TopicIF type)
      Description copied from interface: TypedIF
      PUBLIC: Sets the type that this object is an instance of.
      Specified by:
      setType in interface TypedIF
      Parameters:
      type - The type for this object; an object implementing TopicIF.

    • getReifier

      public TopicIF getReifier()
      Description copied from interface: ReifiableIF
      PUBLIC: Returns the topic that reifies this object.
      Specified by:
      getReifier in interface ReifiableIF

    • setReifier

      public void setReifier(TopicIF _reifier)
      Description copied from interface: ReifiableIF
      PUBLIC: Sets the reifier of this object.
      Specified by:
      setReifier in interface ReifiableIF

    • toString

      public String toString()
      Overrides:
      toString in class Object