uk.ac.ic.doc.automed.matching
Class SchemaElementPairRelationship

java.lang.Object
  uk.ac.ic.doc.automed.matching.SchemaElementPair
      uk.ac.ic.doc.automed.matching.SchemaElementPairRelationship

public class SchemaElementPairRelationship
extends SchemaElementPair

The SchemaElementPairRelationship class that represents a pair of schema elements and their relationship. Note that the order of the SchemaElement objects in the pair is important, since the semantic relationship is directed.

See Also:

SemanticRelationship

Constructor Summary

SchemaElementPairRelationship(SchemaElement elementA, SchemaElement elementB, SemanticRelationship rel)
Constructs a SchemaElementPairRelationship object.

Method Summary

java.lang.Object	clone() Creates a clone of the SchemaElementPairRelationship object.
SemanticRelationship	getRelationship() Returns the semantic relationship between the first and the second element in the pair.
void	setRelationship(SemanticRelationship sr) Sets the semantic relationship between the first and the second element in the pair.
java.lang.String	toString()

Methods inherited from class uk.ac.ic.doc.automed.matching.SchemaElementPair

equals, getElement, getFirstElement, getSecondElement, hashCode, setFirstElement, setSecondElement

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

finalize, getClass, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

SchemaElementPairRelationship

public SchemaElementPairRelationship(SchemaElement elementA,
                                     SchemaElement elementB,
                                     SemanticRelationship rel)

Constructs a SchemaElementPairRelationship object. The semantic relationship is directed and its direction is from the first element to the second element of the pair.

Parameters:

elementA - the first element of the pair

elementB - the second element of the pair

rel - the relationship between the two elements

Method Detail

getRelationship

public SemanticRelationship getRelationship()

Returns the semantic relationship between the first and the second element in the pair.

Returns:

the semantic relationship between the first and the second element in the pair.

toString

public java.lang.String toString()

Overrides:

toString in class SchemaElementPair

setRelationship

public void setRelationship(SemanticRelationship sr)

Sets the semantic relationship between the first and the second element in the pair.

Parameters:

sr - the semantic relationship between the first and the second element in the pair.

clone

public java.lang.Object clone()

Creates a clone of the SchemaElementPairRelationship object.

Overrides:

clone in class java.lang.Object

Returns:

a clone of the SchemaElementPairRelationship object.