nesstar.api.common
Class Term

java.lang.Object
  java.util.Observable
      nesstar.rdf.RDFObject
          nesstar.api.common.Term

All Implemented Interfaces:

Comparable, RDFObj

public class Term
extends RDFObject

A (preferred) term, a word or a phrase used in a specific language to express a certain concept.

Code automatically generated from ARGO/UML

Field Summary

static String

CLASS_ID

Fields inherited from class nesstar.rdf.RDFObject

COLSEP, IS_GETTER, IS_PART, IS_PART_OF, WRITE_OP

Constructor Summary

Term(RDFDB db, URL id)
Create an object with the indicated id in the indicated db

Method Summary

void	clear() Clear all properties of this object
RDFRef	get_broaderTerms()
RDFRef	get_concept()
String	get_language()
RDFRef	get_narrowerTerms()
RDFRef	get_relatedTerms()
String	get_synonyms()
RDFRef	get_topTerms()
String	get_translationNote()
static Vector	getAllInstances()
static Vector	getAllInstances(RDFDB db)
List	getBroaderTerms()
String	getComment() The definition/scope of the term.
Concept	getConcept()
static FeatureDescriptor	getDescriptor(String featureName) get the descriptor for a feature of the class, either method or attribute Note: the methods' feature are still not implemented
static Collection	getGetterMethods()
static Term	getInstance(RDFDB db, URL id) If an object of type Term with the indicated id exists in the db returns it otherwise create a new object in the db and returns it
static Term	getInstance(String rdf)
String	getLanguage() The ISO 639 2-letter code of the language in which this term is expressed, e.g.: "en".
List	getNarrowerTerms()
static Collection	getPartsDescriptor()
List	getRelatedTerms()
String[]	getSynonyms() The synonyms (in the same language) of the term, e.g.: CRIMINALS has synonyms OFFENDERS and DELINQUENTS.
String	getSynonymsAsString()
List	getTopTerms()
String	getTranslationNote() A translation note for the ESSLT thesaurus.
void	initialised() Notify that the object has been created and its properties setup for the first time.
static void	listenForNewObj(NewObjListener listener) Register to be notified when new objects are added.
static Term	newInstance(RDFDB db) Create a new object of this type with a locally unique id and returns it
static Term	retrieve(URL id) If an object of type Term with the indicated id has already being retrieved from the network returns it otherwise retrieve it together with its class information (methods, properties, etc.)
void	set_broaderTerms(RDFRef broaderTerms)
void	set_concept(RDFRef concept)
void	set_language(String language)
void	set_narrowerTerms(RDFRef narrowerTerms)
void	set_relatedTerms(RDFRef relatedTerms)
void	set_synonyms(String synonyms)
void	set_topTerms(RDFRef topTerms)
void	set_translationNote(String translationNote)
void	setBroaderTerms(List broaderTerms)
void	setConcept(Concept concept)
void	setLanguage(String language) The ISO 639 2-letter code of the language in which this term is expressed, e.g.: "en".
void	setNarrowerTerms(List narrowerTerms)
void	setRelatedTerms(List relatedTerms)
void	setSynonyms(String[] synonyms) The synonyms (in the same language) of the term, e.g.: CRIMINALS has synonyms OFFENDERS and DELINQUENTS.
void	setTopTerms(List topTerms)
void	setTranslationNote(String translationNote) A translation note for the ESSLT thesaurus.

Methods inherited from class nesstar.rdf.RDFObject

AddProperty, AddStringProperty, chkFinal, compareTo, dbg, equals, err, err, get_comment, get_creationDate, get_label, get, getAccessCondition, getBinding, getBindings, getBookmarkLabel, getCollectionURL, getCreationDate, getDB, getDescriptor, getDomain, getID, getInitialisedProperties, getInternalID, getLabel, getLastClear, getPartsDescriptor, getPartsDescriptor, getPath, getProperties, GetProperties, GetProperty, GetPropertyStatement, GetPropertyStatements, getRange, getRangeType, getRef, getRef, getServer, getShortId, getShortID, getStatementHome, GetStringProperties, GetStringProperty, getTimeoutInSecs, getType, init, init, isComplete, isLocal, isMeta, isStale, loaded, neededCollectionReload, neededReload, neededReload, neededReload, neededReload, needsReload, reload, remove, set_comment, set_complete, set_creationDate, set_label, set, setComment, setComplete, setCreationDate, setDB, setHardOrSoft, setID, setLabel, setLastClear, SetProperty, setServer, SetStringProperty, setTimeoutInSecs, setTimestamp, setType, setTypeID, stale, toRDF, toRDFWrapped, toString, update

Methods inherited from class java.util.Observable

addObserver, countObservers, deleteObserver, deleteObservers, hasChanged, notifyObservers, notifyObservers

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Field Detail

CLASS_ID

public static String CLASS_ID

Constructor Detail

Term

public Term(RDFDB db,
            URL id)
     throws Exception

Create an object with the indicated id in the indicated db

Parameters:

db - the db where the object is to be created

id - the id of the object to create

Throws:

Exception

Method Detail

set_broaderTerms

public void set_broaderTerms(RDFRef broaderTerms)

Parameters:

broaderTerms -

setBroaderTerms

public void setBroaderTerms(List broaderTerms)
                     throws Exception

Parameters:

broaderTerms -

Throws:

Exception

set_narrowerTerms

public void set_narrowerTerms(RDFRef narrowerTerms)

Parameters:

narrowerTerms -

setNarrowerTerms

public void setNarrowerTerms(List narrowerTerms)
                      throws Exception

Parameters:

narrowerTerms -

Throws:

Exception

set_relatedTerms

public void set_relatedTerms(RDFRef relatedTerms)

Parameters:

relatedTerms -

setRelatedTerms

public void setRelatedTerms(List relatedTerms)
                     throws Exception

Parameters:

relatedTerms -

Throws:

Exception

set_topTerms

public void set_topTerms(RDFRef topTerms)

Parameters:

topTerms -

setTopTerms

public void setTopTerms(List topTerms)
                 throws Exception

Parameters:

topTerms -

Throws:

Exception

set_concept

public void set_concept(RDFRef concept)

Parameters:

concept -

setConcept

public void setConcept(Concept concept)
                throws Exception

Parameters:

concept -

Throws:

Exception

setLanguage

public void setLanguage(String language)

The ISO 639 2-letter code of the language in which this term is expressed, e.g.: "en".

Parameters:

language -

set_language

public void set_language(String language)

Parameters:

language -

setSynonyms

public void setSynonyms(String[] synonyms)

The synonyms (in the same language) of the term, e.g.: CRIMINALS has synonyms OFFENDERS and DELINQUENTS.

Parameters:

synonyms -

set_synonyms

public void set_synonyms(String synonyms)

Parameters:

synonyms -

setTranslationNote

public void setTranslationNote(String translationNote)

A translation note for the ESSLT thesaurus.

Parameters:

translationNote -

set_translationNote

public void set_translationNote(String translationNote)

Parameters:

translationNote -

getAllInstances

public static Vector getAllInstances(RDFDB db)
                              throws Exception

Parameters:

db - the db where the instances are to be found

Returns:

all the instances of this class in the database

Throws:

Exception

getAllInstances

public static Vector getAllInstances()
                              throws Exception

Returns:

get all the instances of this class from the default database

Throws:

Exception

getInstance

public static Term getInstance(RDFDB db,
                               URL id)
                        throws Exception

If an object of type Term with the indicated id exists in the db returns it otherwise create a new object in the db and returns it

Parameters:

db - the db where the object is to be found or created

id - the id of the object to retrieve or create

Returns:

an object of type Server with the indicated id and existing in the indicated db

Throws:

Exception

getInstance

public static Term getInstance(String rdf)
                        throws Exception

Parameters:

rdf - some rdf code that contains a description of an object of this kind

Returns:

the single instance of this class described in the passed RDF code

Throws:

Exception

get_broaderTerms

public RDFRef get_broaderTerms()
                        throws Exception

Throws:

Exception

getBroaderTerms

public List getBroaderTerms()
                     throws Exception

Returns:

The broader (more generic) terms.

Throws:

Exception

get_narrowerTerms

public RDFRef get_narrowerTerms()
                         throws Exception

Throws:

Exception

getNarrowerTerms

public List getNarrowerTerms()
                      throws Exception

Returns:

The narrower (more specific) terms.

Throws:

Exception

get_relatedTerms

public RDFRef get_relatedTerms()
                        throws Exception

Throws:

Exception

getRelatedTerms

public List getRelatedTerms()
                     throws Exception

Returns:

The related terms, e.g. INCOME is related to WEALTH. The relation is reciprocal, if X is related to Y than Y is related to X.

Throws:

Exception

get_topTerms

public RDFRef get_topTerms()
                    throws Exception

Throws:

Exception

getTopTerms

public List getTopTerms()
                 throws Exception

Returns:

Throws:

Exception

get_concept

public RDFRef get_concept()
                   throws Exception

Throws:

Exception

getConcept

public Concept getConcept()

Returns:

getLanguage

public String getLanguage()

The ISO 639 2-letter code of the language in which this term is expressed, e.g.: "en".

get_language

public String get_language()
                    throws Exception

Throws:

Exception

getSynonyms

public String[] getSynonyms()

The synonyms (in the same language) of the term, e.g.: CRIMINALS has synonyms OFFENDERS and DELINQUENTS.

getSynonymsAsString

public String getSynonymsAsString()

get_synonyms

public String get_synonyms()
                    throws Exception

Throws:

Exception

getComment

public String getComment()

The definition/scope of the term. Used to specify the exact meaning of the term. For ELSST it corresponds to the "ambiguity" scope note.

Overrides:

getComment in class RDFObject

Returns:

the comment

getTranslationNote

public String getTranslationNote()

A translation note for the ESSLT thesaurus.

get_translationNote

public String get_translationNote()
                           throws Exception

Throws:

Exception

getDescriptor

public static FeatureDescriptor getDescriptor(String featureName)

get the descriptor for a feature of the class, either method or attribute Note: the methods' feature are still not implemented

Parameters:

featureName -

getPartsDescriptor

public static Collection getPartsDescriptor()

Returns:

the descriptor of the attribute that are part of the class

getGetterMethods

public static Collection getGetterMethods()

Returns:

the descriptor of the attribute that are part of the class

newInstance

public static Term newInstance(RDFDB db)
                        throws Exception

Create a new object of this type with a locally unique id and returns it

Parameters:

db - the db where the object is to be found or created

Returns:

an object of this type

Throws:

Exception

listenForNewObj

public static void listenForNewObj(NewObjListener listener)

Register to be notified when new objects are added.

Parameters:

listener - the listener

initialised

public void initialised()

Notify that the object has been created and its properties setup for the first time. This is NOT called when the object is simply reloaded.

Overrides:

initialised in class RDFObject

retrieve

public static Term retrieve(URL id)
                     throws Exception

If an object of type Term with the indicated id has already being retrieved from the network returns it otherwise retrieve it together with its class information (methods, properties, etc.)

Parameters:

id - the id of the object to retrieve

Returns:

an object of type Term with the indicated id

Throws:

Exception

clear

public void clear()

Description copied from class: RDFObject

Clear all properties of this object

Overrides:

clear in class RDFObject