net.ontopia.topicmaps.utils.deciders
Class TMExporterDecider

java.lang.Object
  net.ontopia.topicmaps.utils.deciders.TMExporterDecider

All Implemented Interfaces:

DeciderIF

public class TMExporterDecider
extends java.lang.Object
implements DeciderIF

INTERNAL: Accepts or rejects topic map constructs based on their relations to other topic map constructs and a filter that makes decisions on an individual basis. Used by the topic map exporters to support topic filtering.

Constructor Summary

TMExporterDecider(DeciderIF filter)
Creates a new TMExporterDecider.

Method Summary

boolean	ok(AssociationIF association) Return true iff the association type, each role player and each role type are accepted.
boolean	ok(java.lang.Object object) Accepts or rejects AssociationIFs, TopicNameIFs, Collections, OccurrenceIFs, TopicIFs and VariantNameIFs, base on the filter and their relations to other objects.
boolean	ok(OccurrenceIF occurrence) Return true iff the type of the occurrence is accepted
boolean	ok(TopicIF topic) Return true iff the given topic, all of it's types and all types of the types (etc.
boolean	ok(TopicNameIF baseName) Accepts or rejects a TopicNameIF
boolean	ok(VariantNameIF variantName) Accepts or rejects a VariantNameIF

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

TMExporterDecider

public TMExporterDecider(DeciderIF filter)

Creates a new TMExporterDecider.

Parameters:

filter - accepts or rejects an individual object

Method Detail

ok

public boolean ok(java.lang.Object object)

Accepts or rejects AssociationIFs, TopicNameIFs, Collections, OccurrenceIFs, TopicIFs and VariantNameIFs, base on the filter and their relations to other objects. @param object The object to accept or reject.

Specified by:

ok in interface DeciderIF

ok

public boolean ok(TopicNameIF baseName)

Accepts or rejects a TopicNameIF

Parameters:

baseName - to be accepted/rejected.

Returns:

true iff baseName is accepted by the filter and its scope is also accepted by the filter.

ok

public boolean ok(VariantNameIF variantName)

Accepts or rejects a VariantNameIF

Parameters:

variantName - to be accepted/rejected.

Returns:

true iff variantName is accepted by the filter and its scope is also accepted by the filter.

ok

public boolean ok(AssociationIF association)

Return true iff the association type, each role player and each role type are accepted.

Parameters:

association - the association to test for acceptance.

Returns:

true iff the association is accepted.

ok

public boolean ok(OccurrenceIF occurrence)

Return true iff the type of the occurrence is accepted

Parameters:

occurrence - The occurence to test for acceptance. It is assumed that occurrence will only be tested for acceptance if its parent topic has already been tested and passed.

Returns:

true iff occurrence is accepted.

ok

public boolean ok(TopicIF topic)

Return true iff the given topic, all of it's types and all types of the types (etc. recursively) are accepted by the filter that was given in the constructor.

Parameters:

topic - The topic to test for acceptance.

Returns:

true iff the topic is accepted.