ch.uzh.ifi.attempto.acewiki.core.ontology
Class Concept

java.lang.Object
  ch.uzh.ifi.attempto.acewiki.core.ontology.OntologyElement
      ch.uzh.ifi.attempto.acewiki.core.ontology.Concept

All Implemented Interfaces:

java.lang.Comparable<OntologyElement>

Direct Known Subclasses:

NounConcept

public abstract class Concept
extends OntologyElement

This abstract class represents a concept (other terminologies call it "unary relation", "class", or "type").

Author:

Tobias Kuhn

Constructor Summary

protected

Concept() Initializes the concept.

Method Summary

boolean	areIndividualsCached() Returns true if the individuals of this concept are cached and do not have to be recalculated.
boolean	areSubConceptsCached() Returns true if the sub-concepts of this concept are cached and do not have to be recalculated.
boolean	areSuperConceptsCached() Returns true if the suber-concepts of this concept are cached and do not have to be recalculated.
java.util.List<Individual>	getIndividuals() Returns all individuals that belong to this concept.
java.util.List<Concept>	getSubConcepts() Returns all sub-concepts of this concept.
java.util.List<Concept>	getSuperConcepts() Returns all super-concepts of this concept.

Methods inherited from class ch.uzh.ifi.attempto.acewiki.core.ontology.OntologyElement

add, changeWords, compareTo, edit, getHeadword, getIndexEntries, getInternalType, getOntology, getPrettyWord, getSentences, getType, getURI, getURISuffix, getWord, getWord, getWords, log, registerAt, remove, setWords, toString

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

Concept

protected Concept()

Initializes the concept.

Method Detail

getIndividuals

public java.util.List<Individual> getIndividuals()

Returns all individuals that belong to this concept.

Returns:

A list of all individuals of this concept.

See Also:

Ontology.getIndividuals(Concept)

areIndividualsCached

public boolean areIndividualsCached()

Returns true if the individuals of this concept are cached and do not have to be recalculated.

Returns:

true if the individuals are cached.

getSuperConcepts

public java.util.List<Concept> getSuperConcepts()

Returns all super-concepts of this concept.

Returns:

A list of all super-concepts.

See Also:

Ontology.getSuperConcepts(Concept)

areSuperConceptsCached

public boolean areSuperConceptsCached()

Returns true if the suber-concepts of this concept are cached and do not have to be recalculated.

Returns:

true if the super-concepts are cached.

getSubConcepts

public java.util.List<Concept> getSubConcepts()

Returns all sub-concepts of this concept.

Returns:

A list of all sub-concepts.

See Also:

Ontology.getSubConcepts(Concept)

areSubConceptsCached

public boolean areSubConceptsCached()

Returns true if the sub-concepts of this concept are cached and do not have to be recalculated.

Returns:

true if the sub-concepts are cached.