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.

Constructor Summary

Subsumption()

Method Summary

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

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

getName, getSemanticRelationship, isStronger, toString

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

Subsumption

public Subsumption()

Method Detail

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.