jade.content.schema
Class ContentElementSchema

java.lang.Object
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  +--jade.content.schema.ObjectSchema
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        +--jade.content.schema.ObjectSchemaImpl
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              +--jade.content.schema.ContentElementSchema
Direct Known Subclasses:
ContentElementListSchema, PredicateSchema

public class ContentElementSchema
extends jade.content.schema.ObjectSchemaImpl

Author:
Federico Bergenti - Universita` di Parma
See Also:
Serialized Form

Field Summary
static java.lang.String BASE_NAME
           
 
Fields inherited from class jade.content.schema.ObjectSchema
BASE_NAME, baseSchema, MANDATORY, OPTIONAL, UNLIMITED
 
Constructor Summary
protected ContentElementSchema(java.lang.String typeName)
          Creates a ContentElementSchema with a given type-name.
 
Method Summary
protected  boolean descendsFrom(ObjectSchema s)
          Return true if - s is the base schema for the XXXSchema class this schema is an instance of (e.g. s is ConceptSchema.getBaseSchema() and this schema is an instance of ConceptSchema) - s is the base schema for a super-class of the XXXSchema class this schema is an instance of (e.g. s is TermSchema.getBaseSchema() and this schema is an instance of ConceptSchema)
static ObjectSchema getBaseSchema()
          Retrieve the generic base schema for all content elements.
 AbsObject newInstance()
          Creates an Abstract descriptor to hold a content element of the proper type.
 
Methods inherited from class jade.content.schema.ObjectSchemaImpl
add, add, add, add, addFacet, addSuperSchema, containsSlot, equals, getFacets, getNames, getSchema, getTypeName, isCompatibleWith, toString, validate, validateSlots
 
Methods inherited from class jade.content.schema.ObjectSchema
getEncodingByOrder, setEncodingByOrder
 
Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
clone, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait
 

Field Detail

BASE_NAME

public static final java.lang.String BASE_NAME
Constructor Detail

ContentElementSchema

protected ContentElementSchema(java.lang.String typeName)
Creates a ContentElementSchema with a given type-name.
Parameters:
typeName - The name of this ContentElementSchema.
Method Detail

getBaseSchema

public static ObjectSchema getBaseSchema()
Retrieve the generic base schema for all content elements.
Returns:
the generic base schema for all content elements.

newInstance

public AbsObject newInstance()
                      throws OntologyException
Creates an Abstract descriptor to hold a content element of the proper type.
Overrides:
newInstance in class jade.content.schema.ObjectSchemaImpl

descendsFrom

protected boolean descendsFrom(ObjectSchema s)
Return true if - s is the base schema for the XXXSchema class this schema is an instance of (e.g. s is ConceptSchema.getBaseSchema() and this schema is an instance of ConceptSchema) - s is the base schema for a super-class of the XXXSchema class this schema is an instance of (e.g. s is TermSchema.getBaseSchema() and this schema is an instance of ConceptSchema)
Overrides:
descendsFrom in class jade.content.schema.ObjectSchemaImpl