Class Occurrence

    • Constructor Detail

      • Occurrence

        public Occurrence()
    • Method Detail

      • getClassIndicator

        public String getClassIndicator()
        Description copied from class: TMObject
        INTERNAL: Returns the token that can be used to indicate the class of this instance. This indicator is currently only used by source locators.
        Specified by:
        getClassIndicator in class TMObject
      • getObjectId

        public String getObjectId()
        Description copied from interface: TMObjectIF
        PUBLIC: Gets the id of this object. The object id is part of the topic map id space, and must be unique. The object id is not significant (or unique) outside the current topic map. The object id is immutable. The object id is thus stable through this object's lifetime.
        Specified by:
        getObjectId in interface TMObjectIF
        Specified by:
        getObjectId in class TMObject
        Returns:
        string which is this object's id.
      • remove

        public void remove()
        Description copied from interface: TMObjectIF
        PUBLIC: Removes the object from its parent.
        Specified by:
        remove in interface TMObjectIF
      • getTopic

        public TopicIF getTopic()
        Description copied from interface: OccurrenceIF
        PUBLIC: Gets the topic for this occurrence.
        Specified by:
        getTopic in interface OccurrenceIF
        Returns:
        The topic to which this occurrence belongs; an object implementing TopicIF.
      • setTopic

        protected void setTopic​(TopicIF topic)
        INTERNAL: Set the topic that the occurrence belongs to. [parent]
      • setTopicMap

        protected void setTopicMap​(TopicMap topicmap)
      • setDataType

        protected void setDataType​(LocatorIF datatype)
      • getValue

        public String getValue()
        Description copied from interface: OccurrenceIF
        PUBLIC: Gets the string representation of this occurrence. This method will return null if the length of the value exceeds the supported maximum size.
        Specified by:
        getValue in interface OccurrenceIF
      • setValue

        public void setValue​(String value,
                             LocatorIF datatype)
        Description copied from interface: OccurrenceIF
        PUBLIC: Sets the value and the data type of this occurrence using a string. The value must conform to the correct string representation according to the datatype.
        Specified by:
        setValue in interface OccurrenceIF
      • getReader

        public Reader getReader()
        Description copied from interface: OccurrenceIF
        PUBLIC: Returns a Reader that allows you to stream the string representation of this occurrence. Values of all sizes are supported by this method.
        Specified by:
        getReader in interface OccurrenceIF
      • setReader

        public void setReader​(Reader value,
                              long length,
                              LocatorIF datatype)
        Description copied from interface: OccurrenceIF
        PUBLIC: Sets the value and the data type of this occurrence using a reader. The reader value must conform to the correct string representation according to the datatype.
        Specified by:
        setReader in interface OccurrenceIF
      • getLength

        public long getLength()
        Description copied from interface: OccurrenceIF
        PUBLIC: Returns the length of the occurrence value. The number of characters in the string representation is returned.
        Specified by:
        getLength in interface OccurrenceIF
      • getScope

        public Collection<TopicIF> getScope()
        Description copied from interface: ScopedIF
        PUBLIC: Returns the set of topics that are the stated scope of this object. Scoping topics inherited from parent objects are not included. There is no guarantee as to which order these topics are returned in.
        Specified by:
        getScope in interface ScopedIF
        Returns:
        A collection of TopicIF objects.
      • addTheme

        public void addTheme​(TopicIF theme)
        Description copied from interface: ScopedIF
        PUBLIC: Add a topic to this scope. (A topic used in a scope is also called a theme.) If the topic is already part of the scope the method call has no effect.
        Specified by:
        addTheme in interface ScopedIF
        Parameters:
        theme - A topic to be added to this scope; an object implementing TopicIF.
      • removeTheme

        public void removeTheme​(TopicIF theme)
        Description copied from interface: ScopedIF
        PUBLIC: Remove a topic from this scope. If the topic is not already in the scope this method has no effect. (A topic used in a scope is also called a theme.)
        Specified by:
        removeTheme in interface ScopedIF
        Parameters:
        theme - A topic to be removed from this scope; an object implementing TopicIF.
      • getType

        public TopicIF getType()
        Description copied from interface: TypedIF
        PUBLIC: Gets the type that this object is an instance of.
        Specified by:
        getType in interface TypedIF
        Returns:
        The type of this object; an object implementing TopicIF.
      • setType

        public void setType​(TopicIF type)
        Description copied from interface: TypedIF
        PUBLIC: Sets the type that this object is an instance of.
        Specified by:
        setType in interface TypedIF
        Parameters:
        type - The type for this object; an object implementing TopicIF.
      • setReifier

        public void setReifier​(TopicIF _reifier)
        Description copied from interface: ReifiableIF
        PUBLIC: Sets the reifier of this object.
        Specified by:
        setReifier in interface ReifiableIF