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Interface URIDescription

All Known Implementing Classes:

URIDescriptionBasic

public interface URIDescription

Interface which defines a simple way to store String values associated to a resource which is identified by an URI. Class which implement this interface are mainly used to store and access the labels or descriptions associated to a resource.

Author:

Sébastien Harispe

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
void	addDescription(String d) Add a description
void	addDescriptions(Collection<String> d) Add a collection of descriptions
void	addDescriptions(String[] d) Add an array of descriptions
org.openrdf.model.URI	getAssociatedURI()
Set<String>	getDescriptions() Access to the descriptions associated to the object
String	getPreferredDescription() Access to the preferred description of the resource.
void	removeDescription(String d) Remove a description.
void	removeDescriptions(Collection<String> d) Remove a collection of descriptions.
void	setPreferredDescription(String d) Set the preferred description of the resource.

Method Detail

addDescription

void addDescription(String d)

Add a description

Parameters:

d - the description

addDescriptions

void addDescriptions(Collection<String> d)

Add a collection of descriptions

Parameters:

d - the collection of descriptions

getDescriptions

Set<String> getDescriptions()

Access to the descriptions associated to the object

Returns:

the descriptions associated to the object

getAssociatedURI

org.openrdf.model.URI getAssociatedURI()

Returns:

the URI of the resource the object describes

getPreferredDescription

String getPreferredDescription()

Access to the preferred description of the resource.

Returns:

the preferred description

setPreferredDescription

void setPreferredDescription(String d)

Set the preferred description of the resource. If a preferred description already exists it will be replace but still considered as a description.

Parameters:

d - the preferred description.

addDescriptions

void addDescriptions(String[] d)

Add an array of descriptions

Parameters:

d - an array of descriptions

removeDescription

void removeDescription(String d)

Remove a description. If this description is the preferred description, the preferred description will be set to null.

Parameters:

d - the description

removeDescriptions

void removeDescriptions(Collection<String> d)

Remove a collection of descriptions. If one of the given description is the preferred description, the preferred description will be set to null.

Parameters:

d - the collection of descriptions