net.ontopia.topicmaps.utils.ctm
Interface ValueGeneratorIF

All Known Implementing Classes:

AbstractTopicGenerator, IRIAsArgumentGenerator, NamedWildcardTopicGenerator, ValueGenerator, WildcardTopicGenerator

public interface ValueGeneratorIF

Common interface for generating both literal values and topics.

Method Summary

ValueGeneratorIF	copy()
LocatorIF	getDatatype()
java.lang.String	getLiteral()
LocatorIF	getLocator() Returns a locator if the literal is a locator.
TopicIF	getTopic()
boolean	isTopic() Returns true if this generator produces a topic.

Method Detail

isTopic

boolean isTopic()

Returns true if this generator produces a topic.

getLiteral

java.lang.String getLiteral()

getDatatype

LocatorIF getDatatype()

getLocator

LocatorIF getLocator()

Returns a locator if the literal is a locator. Otherwise it throws an exception.

copy

ValueGeneratorIF copy()

getTopic

TopicIF getTopic()