org.universAAL.middleware.owl.supply
Class AbsLocation

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

All Implemented Interfaces:

Comparable

Direct Known Subclasses:

Location

public abstract class AbsLocation
extends ComparableIndividual

A very abstract representation of locations just at a level needed by the middleware. It is considered as crucial that in the realization of the brokerage mechanisms, location is used as one of the non-functional parameters for selecting a server or a client, e.g. being placed in a location or having the smallest distance to a location. By defining Location as a subclass of ComparableIndividual we are implicitly defining a transitional property 'is in' with the following semantic:

• loc₁ < loc₂ ⇒ loc₁ is in loc₂
• loc₁ > loc₂ ⇒ loc₂ is in loc₁
• loc₁ = loc₂ ⇒ both of the above are true

However, it should be clear that not all locations are comparable with each other; this implies that 'is in' defines just a partial order between locations.

Author:

mtazari - Saied Tazari, Carsten Stockloew

Field Summary

static String

MY_URI The URI of the ontology class.

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

NON_COMPARABLE_INDIVIDUALS

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	AbsLocation() Constructor just for usage by de-serializers.
protected	AbsLocation(String uri) Create an abstract location.

Method Summary

String	getClassURI() Get the class URI for this ManagedIndividual.
abstract float	getDistanceTo(AbsLocation other) Returns the distance (meters) between the current location and the argument location.

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

compareTo, equal, getClassMaximum, getClassMaximum, getClassMinimum, getClassMinimum, getMaximum, getMinimum, getNext, getPrevious, greater, greaterEqual, less, lessEqual, ord

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

MY_URI

public static final String MY_URI

The URI of the ontology class.

See Also:

Constant Field Values

Constructor Detail

AbsLocation

protected AbsLocation(String uri)

Create an abstract location.

Parameters:

uri - URI of the location.

AbsLocation

protected AbsLocation()

Constructor just for usage by de-serializers. Do not use this constructor within applications as it may lead to incomplete instances that cause exceptions.

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 ComparableIndividual

Returns:

The class URI.

See Also:

ManagedIndividual.getClassURI()

getDistanceTo

public abstract float getDistanceTo(AbsLocation other)

Returns the distance (meters) between the current location and the argument location.