org.universAAL.middleware.rdf
Class Property

java.lang.Object
  org.universAAL.middleware.rdf.Resource
      org.universAAL.middleware.rdf.FinalizedResource
          org.universAAL.middleware.rdf.Property

Direct Known Subclasses:

DatatypeProperty, ObjectProperty

public abstract class Property
extends FinalizedResource

Definition of an RDF property. The creation is separated from the usage; for every Property there is exactly one Property.PrivatePropertySetup where all the characteristics of this property are defined.

Author:

Carsten Stockloew

See Also:

ObjectProperty, ObjectPropertySetup, DatatypeProperty, DatatypePropertySetup, PropertySetup

Nested Class Summary

protected class

Property.PrivatePropertySetup Implementation of the setup interface.

Field Summary

protected OntClassInfo	info The ontology that defines this property.
protected boolean	isFunctional Determines whether this property is functional.
static String	PROP_RDFS_DOMAIN URI of rdfs:domain that is used to state that any resource that has a given property is an instance of one or more classes.
static String	PROP_RDFS_RANGE URI of rdfs:range that is used to state that the values of a property are instances of one or more classes.
protected Property.PrivatePropertySetup	setup The setup interface.

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

Property(String uri, OntClassInfo info) Protected constructor, to create instances call either ObjectProperty.create(String, OntClassInfo) or DatatypeProperty.create(String, OntClassInfo).

Method Summary

boolean

isFunctional() Determines whether this property is functional.

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, copy, deepCopy, equals, generateAnonURI, getDefaultLang, getFilename, getMultiLangProp, getOrConstructLabel, getPropSerializationType, getResource, getResourceComment, getResourceLabel, getStaticFieldValue, hashCode, hasProperty, isAnon, isBlockingAddingTypes, isClosedCollection, isQualifiedName, isWellFormed, literal, representsQualifiedURI, serializesAsXMLLiteral, setProperty, setPropertyPath, setPropertyPath, setPropertyPathFromOffset, setResourceComment, setResourceLabel, toString, toStringRecursive, toStringRecursive, unliteral

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

PROP_RDFS_DOMAIN

public static final String PROP_RDFS_DOMAIN

URI of rdfs:domain that is used to state that any resource that has a given property is an instance of one or more classes.

See Also:

Constant Field Values

PROP_RDFS_RANGE

public static final String PROP_RDFS_RANGE

URI of rdfs:range that is used to state that the values of a property are instances of one or more classes.

See Also:

Constant Field Values

isFunctional

protected boolean isFunctional

Determines whether this property is functional.

info

protected OntClassInfo info

The ontology that defines this property.

setup

protected Property.PrivatePropertySetup setup

The setup interface.

Constructor Detail

Property

protected Property(String uri,
                   OntClassInfo info)

Protected constructor, to create instances call either ObjectProperty.create(String, OntClassInfo) or DatatypeProperty.create(String, OntClassInfo).

Parameters:

uri - URI of this property.

info - The class for which this property is defined.

Method Detail

isFunctional

public boolean isFunctional()

Determines whether this property is functional.

See Also:

Property.PrivatePropertySetup.setFunctional()