uk.ac.bbk.dcs.automed.hdmstore
Class Span

java.lang.Object
  uk.ac.bbk.dcs.automed.hdmstore.Span

public class Span
extends java.lang.Object

A Span represents one element in a HDM edge. A span can be a node or can itself be an edge.

Author:

Dean Williams (dean@dcs.bbk.ac.uk)

Method Summary

java.lang.String	dataType() Get the dataType
java.lang.String	display() return the node value using the HDM notation
char	edgeOrNode() Get the edgeOrNode indicator
int	hid() Get the hid
int	id() Get the id
boolean	isNode() Is this Span a node?
void	populateDatabaseId(char pEdgeOrNode, int pId) Populate the id of the span in the database
void	populateEdgeValue(java.lang.String pType) Populate specific values for an edge
void	populateNodeValue(java.lang.String pValue, java.lang.String pDataType, java.lang.String pType) Populate specific values for a node
java.lang.String	type() Get the type
java.lang.String	value() Get the value

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Method Detail

populateNodeValue

public void populateNodeValue(java.lang.String pValue,
                              java.lang.String pDataType,
                              java.lang.String pType)

Populate specific values for a node

populateEdgeValue

public void populateEdgeValue(java.lang.String pType)

Populate specific values for an edge

populateDatabaseId

public void populateDatabaseId(char pEdgeOrNode,
                               int pId)

Populate the id of the span in the database

type

public java.lang.String type()

Get the type

value

public java.lang.String value()

Get the value

edgeOrNode

public char edgeOrNode()

Get the edgeOrNode indicator

id

public int id()

Get the id

hid

public int hid()

Get the hid

dataType

public java.lang.String dataType()

Get the dataType

display

public java.lang.String display()

return the node value using the HDM notation

isNode

public boolean isNode()

Is this Span a node?