nesstar.api
Class NetDB

java.lang.Object
  nesstar.rdf.RDFDB
      nesstar.api.NetDB

public class NetDB
extends RDFDB

A repository and cache for nesstar_rdf objects information from the internet.

Created:

26 April 2002

Field Summary

Fields inherited from class nesstar.rdf.RDFDB

FASTER_NS, NESSTAR_NS, NS_BOOLEAN, NS_COMPLETE, NS_DOMAIN, NS_DOUBLE, NS_FILE, NS_FLOAT, NS_IN, NS_INTEGER, NS_LABEL, NS_METHOD, NS_METHOD_OBJ, NS_OBJECT, NS_OPTIONAL, NS_OUT, NS_PARAMETER, NS_PATH, NS_READONLY, NS_STRING, NS_VOID, NS_ZIPPED_STRING, RDF_BAG, RDF_NS, RDFS_CLASS, RDFS_DOMAIN, RDFS_NS, RDFS_PROPERTY, RDFS_RANGE, RDFS_RESOURCE, RDFS_SUBCLASS, TRUE

Constructor Summary

NetDB()
Constructor for the NetDB object

Method Summary

static void	createDefaultDB() Create and initialise the default DB
static NetDB	getDB() Gets the dB attribute of the NetDB class
static void	init() Use this method to create the default DB and load basics in one step if you don't want to add your own settings
static void	initDB(NetDB db) Create and initialise the default DB
void	loadBasics() Load in the DB some basic objects (basic classes, properties, etc.)
void	loadResourceContent(String resourceName) Load in the DB the content of a local resource file.

Methods inherited from class nesstar.rdf.RDFDB

addClassMapping, addDefaultMapping, addMapping, addRDFSClassMapping, collectObjects, defaultWrap, getContext, getLocalObjURL, getUniqueID, iterator, load, load, load, load, load, load, lookup, lookup, makeSureTypeIsSet, markAllAsComplete, markAllAsStale, markAsStale, nestedToRDF, nToRDF, nToRDF, nToRDF, nToRDF, objsToStringIds, printMappings, printObjs, recreate, reload, reload, remove, remove, retrieve, retrieve, retrieveWithClassChain, search, search, search, search, search, searchAllOfType, searchOne, searchUniqueOfType, setContext, setLocalObjURL, stringIdsToObjs, stringIdsToObjs, toRDF, toRDF, toRDF, toRDF, toRDFCasted, toRDFNoWrap, toRDFObj, toRDFObj, toRDFWrapped, unique, wrap

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

equals, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

NetDB

public NetDB()
      throws Exception

Constructor for the NetDB object

Throws:

Exception

Method Detail

getDB

public static NetDB getDB()

Gets the dB attribute of the NetDB class

Returns:

The dB value

loadResourceContent

public void loadResourceContent(String resourceName)
                         throws Exception

Load in the DB the content of a local resource file.

Parameters:

resourceName -

Throws:

Exception

loadBasics

public void loadBasics()
                throws Exception

Load in the DB some basic objects (basic classes, properties, etc.)

Throws:

Exception

createDefaultDB

public static void createDefaultDB()
                            throws Exception

Create and initialise the default DB

Throws:

Exception

initDB

public static void initDB(NetDB db)
                   throws Exception

Create and initialise the default DB

Throws:

Exception

init

public static void init()
                 throws Exception

Use this method to create the default DB and load basics in one step if you don't want to add your own settings

Throws:

Exception