Package ontopoly.model

Class FieldDefinition

java.lang.Object

ontopoly.model.Topic

ontopoly.model.FieldDefinition

Direct Known Subclasses:

IdentityField, NameField, OccurrenceField, QueryField, RoleField

public abstract class FieldDefinition
extends Topic

Represents a field type, which may be a name type, an occurrence type, an identity field, or a combination of an association role and an association type.

Field Summary

Fields

Modifier and Type	Field	Description
static int	FIELD_TYPE_IDENTITY
static int	FIELD_TYPE_NAME
static int	FIELD_TYPE_OCCURRENCE
static int	FIELD_TYPE_QUERY
static int	FIELD_TYPE_ROLE

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Modifier	Constructor	Description
protected	FieldDefinition(TopicIF topic, TopicMap tm)

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
abstract void	addValue(Topic topic, Object _value, LifeCycleListener listener)
boolean	equals(Object obj)
Cardinality	getCardinality()	Returns the cardinality of the field on this topic type.
static FieldDefinition	getFieldDefinition(String fieldId, int fieldType, TopicMap tm)
static FieldDefinition	getFieldDefinition(String fieldId, TopicMap tm)
static FieldDefinition	getFieldDefinition(TopicIF fieldTopic, TopicMap tm)
abstract String	getFieldName()	Returns the name of this field definition.
abstract int	getFieldType()
abstract LocatorIF	getLocator()
String	getValidationType()	Returns the validation type.
abstract Collection<? extends Object>	getValues(Topic topic)
FieldsView	getValueView(FieldsView view)
ViewModes	getViewModes(FieldsView view)
int	hashCode()
abstract void	removeValue(Topic topic, Object _value, LifeCycleListener listener)
void	setCardinality(Cardinality cardinality)	Sets the cardinality of the field on this topic type.

Methods inherited from class ontopoly.model.Topic

addTopicType, copyCharacteristics, findDependentObjects, getDependentObjects, getFieldInstances, getFieldInstances, getId, getMostSpecificTopicType, getName, getTopicIF, getTopicMap, getTopicTypes, 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

Field Detail

FIELD_TYPE_ROLE

public static final int FIELD_TYPE_ROLE

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Constant Field Values

FIELD_TYPE_OCCURRENCE

public static final int FIELD_TYPE_OCCURRENCE

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Constant Field Values

FIELD_TYPE_NAME

public static final int FIELD_TYPE_NAME

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Constant Field Values

FIELD_TYPE_IDENTITY

public static final int FIELD_TYPE_IDENTITY

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Constant Field Values

FIELD_TYPE_QUERY

public static final int FIELD_TYPE_QUERY

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Constant Field Values

Constructor Detail

FieldDefinition

protected FieldDefinition(TopicIF topic,
                          TopicMap tm)

Method Detail

getFieldType

public abstract int getFieldType()

Returns:

an int that identifies this fieldType

getFieldName

public abstract String getFieldName()

Returns the name of this field definition.

getLocator

public abstract LocatorIF getLocator()

getViewModes

public ViewModes getViewModes(FieldsView view)

getValueView

public FieldsView getValueView(FieldsView view)

getCardinality

public Cardinality getCardinality()

Returns the cardinality of the field on this topic type.

setCardinality

public void setCardinality(Cardinality cardinality)

Sets the cardinality of the field on this topic type.

getValidationType

public String getValidationType()

Returns the validation type.

getValues

public abstract Collection<? extends Object> getValues(Topic topic)

addValue

public abstract void addValue(Topic topic,
                              Object _value,
                              LifeCycleListener listener)

removeValue

public abstract void removeValue(Topic topic,
                                 Object _value,
                                 LifeCycleListener listener)

equals

public boolean equals(Object obj)

Overrides:

equals in class Topic

hashCode

public int hashCode()

Overrides:

hashCode in class Topic

getFieldDefinition

public static FieldDefinition getFieldDefinition(String fieldId,
                                                 TopicMap tm)

getFieldDefinition

public static FieldDefinition getFieldDefinition(String fieldId,
                                                 int fieldType,
                                                 TopicMap tm)

getFieldDefinition

public static FieldDefinition getFieldDefinition(TopicIF fieldTopic,
                                                 TopicMap tm)