ontopoly.model
Class Cardinality

java.lang.Object
  ontopoly.model.Topic
      ontopoly.model.Cardinality

public class Cardinality
extends Topic

Represents a cardinality that can be assigned to a field.

Constructor Summary

Cardinality(TopicIF topic, TopicMap tm)
Creates a new Cardinality object.

Method Summary

boolean	equals(java.lang.Object obj)
static java.util.List<Cardinality>	getCardinalityTypes(TopicMap tm) Returns all available cardinalities.
static Cardinality	getDefaultCardinality(FieldDefinition fieldDefinition) Returns the default cardinality (zero or more)
LocatorIF	getLocator()
int	getMaxCardinality()
int	getMinCardinality()
boolean	isExactlyOne()
boolean	isMaxOne() True if cardinality is 0..1 or 1..1.
boolean	isMinOne() True if cardinality is 1..* or 1..1.
boolean	isOneOrMore()
boolean	isZeroOrMore()
boolean	isZeroOrOne()

Methods inherited from class ontopoly.model.Topic

addTopicType, copyCharacteristics, findDependentObjects, getDependentObjects, getFieldInstances, getFieldInstances, getId, getMostSpecificTopicType, getName, getTopicIF, getTopicMap, getTopicTypes, hashCode, isAssociationType, isFieldDefinition, isInstanceOf, isInstanceOf, isNameType, isOccurrenceType, isOntologyTopic, isOntologyType, isPrivateSystemTopic, isPublicSystemTopic, isRoleType, isSystemTopic, isTopicMap, isTopicType, remove, removeTopicType, toString

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

Cardinality

public Cardinality(TopicIF topic,
                   TopicMap tm)

Creates a new Cardinality object.

Method Detail

equals

public boolean equals(java.lang.Object obj)

Overrides:

equals in class Topic

getLocator

public LocatorIF getLocator()

isZeroOrOne

public boolean isZeroOrOne()

isExactlyOne

public boolean isExactlyOne()

isZeroOrMore

public boolean isZeroOrMore()

isOneOrMore

public boolean isOneOrMore()

isMaxOne

public boolean isMaxOne()

True if cardinality is 0..1 or 1..1.

isMinOne

public boolean isMinOne()

True if cardinality is 1..* or 1..1.

getDefaultCardinality

public static Cardinality getDefaultCardinality(FieldDefinition fieldDefinition)

Returns the default cardinality (zero or more)

getCardinalityTypes

public static java.util.List<Cardinality> getCardinalityTypes(TopicMap tm)

Returns all available cardinalities.

Returns:

A list containing Cardinality objects of all available cardinalities.

getMinCardinality

public int getMinCardinality()

getMaxCardinality

public int getMaxCardinality()