net.ontopia.topicmaps.query.impl.basic
Class DirectInstanceOfPredicate

java.lang.Object
  net.ontopia.topicmaps.query.impl.basic.AbstractInstanceOfPredicate
      net.ontopia.topicmaps.query.impl.basic.DirectInstanceOfPredicate

All Implemented Interfaces:

BasicPredicateIF, PredicateIF

Direct Known Subclasses:

DirectInstanceOfPredicate

public class DirectInstanceOfPredicate
extends AbstractInstanceOfPredicate

INTERNAL: Implements the 'direct-instance-of' predicate using the indexes.

Field Summary

Fields inherited from class net.ontopia.topicmaps.query.impl.basic.AbstractInstanceOfPredicate

index, topicmap

Constructor Summary

DirectInstanceOfPredicate(TopicMapIF topicmap)

Method Summary

protected java.util.Collection	getClasses(TopicIF instance) INTERNAL: Should return all applicable types of the given topic.
protected java.util.Collection	getInstances(TopicIF klass) INTERNAL: Should return all instances of the topic, as seen by the specific predicate.
java.lang.String	getName() INTERNAL: Returns the name of the predicate.
protected java.util.Collection	getSupertypes(TopicIF type) INTERNAL: Should return all supertypes of the given class, including the class itself.
protected java.util.Collection	getTypes() INTERNAL: Should return all topic types, as seen by the specific predicate.
protected void	start() INTERNAL: Called before the evaluation of a new query, to allow resetting of internal caches etc.

Methods inherited from class net.ontopia.topicmaps.query.impl.basic.AbstractInstanceOfPredicate

getCost, getDirectInstances, getSignature, satisfy

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

DirectInstanceOfPredicate

public DirectInstanceOfPredicate(TopicMapIF topicmap)

Method Detail

getName

public java.lang.String getName()

Description copied from interface: PredicateIF

INTERNAL: Returns the name of the predicate. This will usually be the name of the predicate within its module ('instance-of', '/=', 'starts-with'), but some virtual predicates cannot be reached from the syntax and may return names that will not parse.

start

protected void start()

Description copied from class: AbstractInstanceOfPredicate

INTERNAL: Called before the evaluation of a new query, to allow resetting of internal caches etc.

Specified by:

start in class AbstractInstanceOfPredicate

getClasses

protected java.util.Collection getClasses(TopicIF instance)

Description copied from class: AbstractInstanceOfPredicate

INTERNAL: Should return all applicable types of the given topic. In 'instance-of' this includes the supertypes of the topic's types.

Specified by:

getClasses in class AbstractInstanceOfPredicate

getInstances

protected java.util.Collection getInstances(TopicIF klass)

Description copied from class: AbstractInstanceOfPredicate

INTERNAL: Should return all instances of the topic, as seen by the specific predicate.

Specified by:

getInstances in class AbstractInstanceOfPredicate

getTypes

protected java.util.Collection getTypes()

Description copied from class: AbstractInstanceOfPredicate

INTERNAL: Should return all topic types, as seen by the specific predicate.

Specified by:

getTypes in class AbstractInstanceOfPredicate

getSupertypes

protected java.util.Collection getSupertypes(TopicIF type)

Description copied from class: AbstractInstanceOfPredicate

INTERNAL: Should return all supertypes of the given class, including the class itself. In 'direct-instance-of' this should just be the class itself.

Specified by:

getSupertypes in class AbstractInstanceOfPredicate