net.ontopia.topicmaps.core

Interface ReifiableIF

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

public interface ReifiableIF
extends TMObjectIF

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 and 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

Modifier and Type	Method and 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

static final String EVENT_SET_REIFIER

See Also:

Constant Field Values

Method Detail

getReifier

TopicIF getReifier()

PUBLIC: Returns the topic that reifies this object.

setReifier

void setReifier(TopicIF reifier)
         throws DuplicateReificationException

PUBLIC: Sets the reifier of this object.

Throws:

DuplicateReificationException - Thrown when the reifier already reifies another object.