Package net.ontopia.topicmaps.impl.rdbms

Class AssociationRole

java.lang.Object
net.ontopia.persistence.proxy.AbstractRWPersistent
net.ontopia.topicmaps.impl.rdbms.TMObject
net.ontopia.topicmaps.impl.rdbms.AssociationRole
All Implemented Interfaces:
PersistentIF, AssociationRoleIF, ReifiableIF, TMObjectIF, TypedIF
public class AssociationRole extends TMObject implements AssociationRoleIF
INTERNAL: The rdbms association role implementation.

  • Field Details

  • Constructor Details

    • AssociationRole

      public AssociationRole()

    • AssociationRole

      public AssociationRole(TransactionIF txn)

  • Method Details

    • detach

      public void detach()
      Specified by:
      detach in interface PersistentIF
      Specified by:
      detach in class AbstractRWPersistent

    • _p_setTransaction

      public void _p_setTransaction(TransactionIF txn)
      Description copied from interface: PersistentIF
      INTERNAL: Sets the transaction that is responible for managing the object.
      Specified by:
      _p_setTransaction in interface PersistentIF
      Overrides:
      _p_setTransaction in class AbstractRWPersistent

    • _p_getFieldCount

      public int _p_getFieldCount()
      Specified by:
      _p_getFieldCount in interface PersistentIF

    • getClassIndicator

      public String getClassIndicator()
      Description copied from class: TMObject
      INTERNAL: Returns the token that can be used to indicate the class of this instance. This indicator is currently only used by source locators.
      Specified by:
      getClassIndicator in class TMObject

    • getObjectId

      public String getObjectId()
      Description copied from interface: TMObjectIF
      PUBLIC: Gets the id of this object. The object id is part of the topic map id space, and must be unique. The object id is not significant (or unique) outside the current topic map. The object id is immutable. The object id is thus stable through this object's lifetime.
      Specified by:
      getObjectId in interface TMObjectIF
      Specified by:
      getObjectId in class TMObject
      Returns:
      string which is this object's id.

    • getAssociation

      public AssociationIF getAssociation()
      Description copied from interface: AssociationRoleIF
      PUBLIC: Gets the association to which this association role belongs.
      Specified by:
      getAssociation in interface AssociationRoleIF
      Returns:
      The association to which this association role belongs; an object implementing AssociationIF.

    • setAssociation

      protected void setAssociation(AssociationIF assoc)
      INTERNAL: Sets the association that the association role belongs to. [parent]

    • setTopicMap

      protected void setTopicMap(TopicMap topicmap)

    • getPlayer

      public TopicIF getPlayer()
      Description copied from interface: AssociationRoleIF
      PUBLIC: Gets the topic that plays this association role (this member of the association).
      Specified by:
      getPlayer in interface AssociationRoleIF
      Returns:
      The topic (member) which plays this role in the association.

    • setPlayer

      public void setPlayer(TopicIF player)
      Description copied from interface: AssociationRoleIF
      PUBLIC: Sets the topic that plays this association role. Note that this has the side-effect of removing the role from its current player, if any, and inserting it on the new player, if any.
      Specified by:
      setPlayer in interface AssociationRoleIF
      Parameters:
      player - The topic (member) which plays this role in the association. Can be null; if null, then the effect is that there is no player of this role in this association.

    • remove

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

    • 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

    • syncAfterMerge

      public void syncAfterMerge(IdentityIF source, IdentityIF target)
      Specified by:
      syncAfterMerge in class AbstractRWPersistent