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

java.lang.Object
  uk.ac.ic.doc.automed.matching.Aggregator

public class Aggregator
extends java.lang.Object

The class that represents the Aggregator component in the schema matching architecture. Its role is to aggregate the bidirectional degrees of the schema elements produced by the attached comparision modules.

See Also:

AbstractModule, SchemaElementPair, SimilarSchemaElementPair

Constructor Summary

Aggregator(SchemaElementPair[] compatiblepairs)
Constructs the Aggregator for the specified compatible pairs of elements.

Method Summary

void	addAuxiliaryModule(AbstractModule module) Appends the specified module to the list of auxiliary modules of this Aggregator
void	addNonAuxiliaryModule(AbstractModule module) Appends the specified module to the list of non-auxiliary modules of this Aggregator
SimilarSchemaElementPair[]	getPairs() Returns an array of SimilarSchemaElementPair objects with their aggregated bidirectional degrees

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

Aggregator

public Aggregator(SchemaElementPair[] compatiblepairs)
           throws UninstantiatedException

Constructs the Aggregator for the specified compatible pairs of elements.

Parameters:

compatiblepairs - the array of compatible schema elements

Throws:

UnistantiatedException - if the are no pairs of elements in the array

UninstantiatedException

Method Detail

addNonAuxiliaryModule

public void addNonAuxiliaryModule(AbstractModule module)

Appends the specified module to the list of non-auxiliary modules of this Aggregator

Parameters:

module - the module to be appended

addAuxiliaryModule

public void addAuxiliaryModule(AbstractModule module)

Appends the specified module to the list of auxiliary modules of this Aggregator

Parameters:

module - the module to be appended

getPairs

public SimilarSchemaElementPair[] getPairs()

Returns an array of SimilarSchemaElementPair objects with their aggregated bidirectional degrees

Returns:

an array of SimilarSchemaElementPair objects with their aggregated bidirectional degrees