org.universAAL.middleware.owl
Class ComparableIndividual

java.lang.Object
  org.universAAL.middleware.rdf.Resource
      org.universAAL.middleware.rdf.FinalizedResource
          org.universAAL.middleware.owl.ManagedIndividual
              org.universAAL.middleware.owl.ComparableIndividual

All Implemented Interfaces:

Comparable

Direct Known Subclasses:

AbsLocation, LevelRating, PrivacyLevel, Rating

public abstract class ComparableIndividual
extends ManagedIndividual
implements Comparable

Represents the class of individuals that can be compared to other individuals for finding out their (partial) order. The conventions described for the class hierarchy rooted at ManagedIndividual; in particular, the subclasses must override the following non-final static methods: getMaximum() and getMinimum().

Author:

mtazari - Saied Tazari, Carsten Stockloew

Field Summary

static String	MY_URI
static int	NON_COMPARABLE_INDIVIDUALS To be used in the implementation of Comparable.compareTo(Object), if the passed parameter is not comparable with the current individual.

Fields inherited from class org.universAAL.middleware.owl.ManagedIndividual

OWL_NAMESPACE, TYPE_OWL_INDIVIDUAL, TYPE_OWL_THING

Fields inherited from class org.universAAL.middleware.rdf.Resource

ANON_URI_PREFIX, blockAddingTypes, isXMLLiteral, ns_delim_index, PROP_RDF_FIRST, PROP_RDF_REST, PROP_RDF_TYPE, PROP_RDFS_COMMENT, PROP_RDFS_LABEL, PROP_SERIALIZATION_FULL, PROP_SERIALIZATION_OPTIONAL, PROP_SERIALIZATION_REDUCED, PROP_SERIALIZATION_UNDEFINED, PROP_uAAL_INVOLVED_HUMAN_USER, props, RDF_EMPTY_LIST, RDF_NAMESPACE, RDFS_NAMESPACE, TYPE_RDF_LIST, TYPE_RDFS_CLASS, uAAL_NAMESPACE_PREFIX, uAAL_SERVICE_NAMESPACE, uAAL_VOCABULARY_NAMESPACE, uri

Constructor Summary

protected	ComparableIndividual()
protected	ComparableIndividual(String uri)

Method Summary

abstract int	compareTo(Object arg0) Compare this object to the given object.
boolean	equal(Object other) Determines if this object equals the given object.
ComparableIndividual	getClassMaximum()
static ComparableIndividual	getClassMaximum(Class claz)
ComparableIndividual	getClassMinimum()
static ComparableIndividual	getClassMinimum(Class claz)
String	getClassURI() Get the class URI for this ManagedIndividual.
static ComparableIndividual	getMaximum() Returns the "largest" instance in this class, if it exists.
static ComparableIndividual	getMinimum() Returns the "smallest" instance in this class, if it exists.
abstract ComparableIndividual	getNext() Get the next value according to the total order of this comparable individual.
abstract ComparableIndividual	getPrevious() Get the previous value according to the total order of this comparable individual.
boolean	greater(Object other) Determines if this object is greater than the given object.
boolean	greaterEqual(Object other) Determines if this object is greater than or equals the given object.
boolean	less(Object other) Determines if this object is smaller than the given object.
boolean	lessEqual(Object other) Determines if this object is smaller than or equals the given object.
abstract int	ord() If there is a total strict order between the class members, then it must return the "serial number" of this instance, otherwise Integer.MIN_VALUE must be returned.

Methods inherited from class org.universAAL.middleware.owl.ManagedIndividual

checkCompatibility, checkMembership, copy, deepCopy, getClassRestrictionsOnProperty, getInstance, getNonAbstractSuperClasses, getNonabstractSuperClasses, getOntClassInfo, getPropSerializationType, getTypeURI, isRegisteredClassURI, isWellFormed, setProperty, setPropertyPathFromOffset, toManagedIndividual

Methods inherited from class org.universAAL.middleware.rdf.FinalizedResource

addType, getLocalName, getNamespace, getProperty, getPropertyURIs, getType, getTypes, getURI, hasQualifiedName, isAnon, numberOfProperties

Methods inherited from class org.universAAL.middleware.rdf.Resource

addMultiLangProp, asList, asList, asRDFList, changeProperty, equals, generateAnonURI, getDefaultLang, getFilename, getMultiLangProp, getOrConstructLabel, getResource, getResourceComment, getResourceLabel, getStaticFieldValue, hashCode, hasProperty, isAnon, isBlockingAddingTypes, isClosedCollection, isQualifiedName, literal, representsQualifiedURI, serializesAsXMLLiteral, setPropertyPath, setPropertyPath, setResourceComment, setResourceLabel, toString, toStringRecursive, toStringRecursive, unliteral

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, finalize, getClass, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Field Detail

NON_COMPARABLE_INDIVIDUALS

public static final int NON_COMPARABLE_INDIVIDUALS

To be used in the implementation of Comparable.compareTo(Object), if the passed parameter is not comparable with the current individual.

See Also:

Constant Field Values

MY_URI

public static final String MY_URI

See Also:

Constant Field Values

Constructor Detail

ComparableIndividual

protected ComparableIndividual()

ComparableIndividual

protected ComparableIndividual(String uri)

Method Detail

getClassURI

public String getClassURI()

Description copied from class: ManagedIndividual

Get the class URI for this ManagedIndividual. All non-abstract subclasses MUST overwrite this method!

Overrides:

getClassURI in class ManagedIndividual

Returns:

The class URI.

getClassMaximum

public static final ComparableIndividual getClassMaximum(Class claz)

getClassMinimum

public static final ComparableIndividual getClassMinimum(Class claz)

getMaximum

public static ComparableIndividual getMaximum()

Returns the "largest" instance in this class, if it exists.

getMinimum

public static ComparableIndividual getMinimum()

Returns the "smallest" instance in this class, if it exists.

compareTo

public abstract int compareTo(Object arg0)

Compare this object to the given object.

Specified by:

compareTo in interface Comparable

Returns:

0if current location and argument location are in the same Place.
-1 if current location is in a Place contained in argument location Place.
1 if argument location is in a Place contained in current location Place.
NON_COMPARABLE_INDIVIDUALS if two locations are not comparable.

getClassMaximum

public final ComparableIndividual getClassMaximum()

getClassMinimum

public final ComparableIndividual getClassMinimum()

getNext

public abstract ComparableIndividual getNext()

Get the next value according to the total order of this comparable individual.

Returns:

the next value

getPrevious

public abstract ComparableIndividual getPrevious()

Get the previous value according to the total order of this comparable individual.

Returns:

the previous value

equal

public final boolean equal(Object other)

Determines if this object equals the given object.

greater

public final boolean greater(Object other)

Determines if this object is greater than the given object.

greaterEqual

public final boolean greaterEqual(Object other)

Determines if this object is greater than or equals the given object.

less

public final boolean less(Object other)

Determines if this object is smaller than the given object.

lessEqual

public final boolean lessEqual(Object other)

Determines if this object is smaller than or equals the given object.

ord

public abstract int ord()

If there is a total strict order between the class members, then it must return the "serial number" of this instance, otherwise Integer.MIN_VALUE must be returned.