uk.ac.ic.doc.automed.matching.relationships
Class Subsumption

java.lang.Object
  uk.ac.ic.doc.automed.matching.relationships.SemanticRelationship
      uk.ac.ic.doc.automed.matching.relationships.Subsumption

Direct Known Subclasses:

Subset, Superset

public abstract class Subsumption
extends SemanticRelationship

The Subsumption class represents the subsumption semantic relationship between SchemaElement objects. This is an abstract class. For instances of this class look at the subclasses Subset,Superset.

Field Summary

protected java.lang.String	NAME The name of the Subsumption semantic relationship
protected java.lang.String	REL_BETWEEN_ELEMENTS

Constructor Summary

Subsumption()

Method Summary

boolean	equals(java.lang.Object o) Compares this object against the specified object.
java.lang.String	getName() Returns the name of the SemanticRelationship object
protected int	getStrength() Returns the strength of the SemanticRelationship object.
java.lang.String	toString()

Methods inherited from class uk.ac.ic.doc.automed.matching.relationships.SemanticRelationship

isStronger

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

NAME

protected java.lang.String NAME

The name of the Subsumption semantic relationship

REL_BETWEEN_ELEMENTS

protected java.lang.String REL_BETWEEN_ELEMENTS

Constructor Detail

Subsumption

public Subsumption()

Method Detail

getName

public java.lang.String getName()

Description copied from class: SemanticRelationship

Returns the name of the SemanticRelationship object

Specified by:

getName in class SemanticRelationship

Returns:

the name of the SemanticRelationship object

toString

public java.lang.String toString()

Specified by:

toString in class SemanticRelationship

equals

public boolean equals(java.lang.Object o)

Description copied from class: SemanticRelationship

Compares this object against the specified object.

Specified by:

equals in class SemanticRelationship

Returns:

true if the objects are the same, false otherwise.

getStrength

protected int getStrength()

Description copied from class: SemanticRelationship

Returns the strength of the SemanticRelationship object.

Specified by:

getStrength in class SemanticRelationship

Returns:

the strength of the SemanticRelationship object.