PredicateFactoryIF (Ontopia)

All Known Implementing Classes:

PredicateFactory, PredicateFactory
```
public interface PredicateFactoryIF
```
INTERNAL: Implemented by classes which can create PredicateIF objects.

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`ModuleIF`	`createModule(String uri)`	INTERNAL: Creates a module instance for the specified URI.
`PredicateIF`	`createPredicate(String name)`	INTERNAL: Looks up a built-in predicate by its name.
`PredicateIF`	`createPredicate(TopicIF type, boolean assoc)`	INTERNAL: Creates a dynamic predicate for the given topic; either an association predicate or an occurrence predicate, depending on the value of the `assoc` parameter.
`PredicateIF`	`createPredicate(ParsedRule rule)`	INTERNAL: Creates a rule predicate for the parsed rule.
`boolean`	`isBuiltInPredicate(String name)`	INTERNAL: Used to find out if the given predicate name is the name of a built-in predicate.

- Method Detail
  - createPredicate
```
PredicateIF createPredicate(String name)
```
    INTERNAL: Looks up a built-in predicate by its name.
  - createPredicate
```
PredicateIF createPredicate(ParsedRule rule)
```
    INTERNAL: Creates a rule predicate for the parsed rule.
  - createPredicate
```
PredicateIF createPredicate(TopicIF type,
                            boolean assoc)
```
    INTERNAL: Creates a dynamic predicate for the given topic; either an association predicate or an occurrence predicate, depending on the value of the assoc parameter.
  - createModule
```
ModuleIF createModule(String uri)
```
    INTERNAL: Creates a module instance for the specified URI. If the predicate factory does not recognize the URI null is returned.
  - isBuiltInPredicate
```
boolean isBuiltInPredicate(String name)
```
    INTERNAL: Used to find out if the given predicate name is the name of a built-in predicate. Needed for error checking, see bug #1082.