ReifiableIF (Ontopia)

All Superinterfaces:

TMObjectIF

All Known Subinterfaces:

AssociationIF, AssociationRoleIF, MAssociation, MAssociationRole, MAssociationRoleWithoutAssociation, MOccurrence, MOccurrenceWithoutTopic, MTopicMapAsValue, MTopicName, MTopicNameWithoutTopic, MVariantName, OccurrenceIF, TopicMapIF, TopicNameIF, VariantNameIF

All Known Implementing Classes:

Association, Association, AssociationRole, AssociationRole, DynamicAssociation, DynamicAssociationRole, Occurrence, Occurrence, PhantomAssociation, ReadOnlyAssociation, ReadOnlyAssociationRole, ReadOnlyOccurrence, ReadOnlyTopicMap, ReadOnlyTopicName, ReadOnlyVariantName, SnapshotOccurrence, SnapshotTopicName, SnapshotVariantName, TopicMap, TopicMap, TopicName, TopicName, VariantName, VariantName
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public interface ReifiableIF
extends TMObjectIF
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PUBLIC: Implemented by topic map objects that can be reified. Reification means making a topic for another object (that is not itself a topic) so that you can say something about it. This interface is implemented by AssociationIF, AssociationRoleIF, TopicNameIF, VariantNameIF, OccurrenceIF and TopicMapIF.

Since:

4.0

Field Summary

Fields
Modifier and Type Field Description

static String EVENT_SET_REIFIER
- Fields inherited from interface net.ontopia.topicmaps.core.TMObjectIF
  EVENT_ADD_ITEMIDENTIFIER, EVENT_REMOVE_ITEMIDENTIFIER, MSG_NULL_ARGUMENT

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`TopicIF`	`getReifier()`	PUBLIC: Returns the topic that reifies this object.
`void`	`setReifier(TopicIF reifier)`	PUBLIC: Sets the reifier of this object.

Methods inherited from interface net.ontopia.topicmaps.core.TMObjectIF
addItemIdentifier, getItemIdentifiers, getObjectId, getTopicMap, isReadOnly, remove, removeItemIdentifier

- Field Detail
  - EVENT_SET_REIFIER
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static final String EVENT_SET_REIFIER
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    See Also:
    
    Constant Field Values
- Method Detail
  - getReifier
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TopicIF getReifier()
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    PUBLIC: Returns the topic that reifies this object.
  - setReifier
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void setReifier(TopicIF reifier)
         throws DuplicateReificationException
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    PUBLIC: Sets the reifier of this object.
    
    Throws:
    
    DuplicateReificationException - Thrown when the reifier already reifies another object.