jade.content.schema
Class ConceptSchema

java.lang.Object
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  +--jade.content.schema.ObjectSchema
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        +--jade.content.schema.ObjectSchemaImpl
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              +--jade.content.schema.TermSchema
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                    +--jade.content.schema.ConceptSchema

All Implemented Interfaces:

java.io.Serializable, Serializable

Direct Known Subclasses:

AgentActionSchema

public class ConceptSchema

extends TermSchema

The class to be used to define schemas of concepts in an ontology.

Author:

Federico Bergenti - Universita` di Parma

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Serialized Form

Field Summary

static java.lang.String

BASE_NAME

Fields inherited from class jade.content.schema.ObjectSchema

baseSchema, MANDATORY, OPTIONAL, UNLIMITED

Constructor Summary

ConceptSchema(java.lang.String typeName)
Creates a ConceptSchema with a given type-name, e.g.

Method Summary

void	add(java.lang.String name, TermSchema slotSchema) Add a mandatory slot to the schema.
void	add(java.lang.String name, TermSchema slotSchema, int optionality) Add a slot to the schema.
void	add(java.lang.String name, TermSchema elementsSchema, int cardMin, int cardMax) Add a slot with cardinality between cardMin and cardMax to this schema.
void	add(java.lang.String name, TermSchema elementsSchema, int cardMin, int cardMax, java.lang.String aggType) Add a slot with cardinality between cardMin and cardMax to this schema and allow specifying the type of Aggregate to be used for this slot.
void	addFacet(java.lang.String slotName, Facet f) Add a Facet on a slot of this schema
void	addSuperSchema(ConceptSchema superClassSchema) Adds a super-schema to this schema.
protected boolean	descendsFrom(ObjectSchema s) Return true if - s is the base schema for the XXXSchema class this schema is an instance of (e.g.
static ObjectSchema	getBaseSchema() Retrieve the generic base schema for all concepts.
AbsObject	newInstance() Creates an Abstract descriptor to hold a concept of the proper type.
void	validate(AbsObject abs, Ontology onto) Check whether a given abstract descriptor complies with this schema.

Methods inherited from class jade.content.schema.TermSchema

add, add, add, add, addSuperSchema, containsSlot, equals, getFacets, getNames, getSchema, getTypeName, isCompatibleWith, isMandatory, toString, validateSlots

Methods inherited from class jade.content.schema.ObjectSchema

getEncodingByOrder, setEncodingByOrder

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

BASE_NAME

public static final java.lang.String BASE_NAME

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Constant Field Values

Constructor Detail

ConceptSchema

public ConceptSchema(java.lang.String typeName)

Creates a ConceptSchema with a given type-name, e.g. PERSON, ADDRESS...

Parameters:

typeName - The name of this ConceptSchema.

Method Detail

getBaseSchema

public static ObjectSchema getBaseSchema()

Retrieve the generic base schema for all concepts.

Returns:

the generic base schema for all concepts.

add

public void add(java.lang.String name,
                TermSchema slotSchema)

Add a mandatory slot to the schema. The schema for this slot must be a TermSchema.

Parameters:

name - The name of the slot.

slotSchema - The schema of the slot.

add

public void add(java.lang.String name,
                TermSchema slotSchema,
                int optionality)

Add a slot to the schema. The schema for this slot must be a TermSchema.

Parameters:

name - The name of the slot.

slotSchema - The schema of the slot.

optionality - The optionality, i.e., OPTIONAL or MANDATORY

add

public void add(java.lang.String name,
                TermSchema elementsSchema,
                int cardMin,
                int cardMax)

Add a slot with cardinality between cardMin and cardMax to this schema. Adding such a slot corresponds to add a slot of type Aggregate and then to add proper facets (constraints) to check that the type of the elements in the aggregate are compatible with elementsSchema and that the aggregate contains at least cardMin elements and at most cardMax elements. By default the Aggregate is of type BasicOntology.SEQUENCE.

Parameters:

name - The name of the slot.

elementsSchema - The schema for the elements of this slot.

cardMin - This slot must get at least cardMin values

cardMax - This slot can get at most cardMax values

add

public void add(java.lang.String name,
                TermSchema elementsSchema,
                int cardMin,
                int cardMax,
                java.lang.String aggType)

Add a slot with cardinality between cardMin and cardMax to this schema and allow specifying the type of Aggregate to be used for this slot.

Parameters:

name - The name of the slot.

elementsSchema - The schema for the elements of this slot.

cardMin - This slot must get at least cardMin values

cardMax - This slot can get at most cardMax values

aggType - The type of Aggregate to be used

See Also:

add(String, TermSchema, int, int)

addSuperSchema

public void addSuperSchema(ConceptSchema superClassSchema)

Adds a super-schema to this schema. This allows defining inheritance relationships between ontological concepts. It must be noted that a concept always inherits from another concept --> A super-schema of a ConceptSchema must be a ConceptSchema too.

Parameters:

superClassSchema - The super-schema to be added.

addFacet

public void addFacet(java.lang.String slotName,
                     Facet f)
              throws OntologyException

Add a Facet on a slot of this schema

Overrides:

addFacet in class jade.content.schema.ObjectSchemaImpl

Parameters:

slotName - the name of the slot the Facet must be added to.

f - the Facet to be added.

Throws:

OntologyException - if slotName does not identify a valid slot in this schema

newInstance

public AbsObject newInstance()
                      throws OntologyException

Creates an Abstract descriptor to hold a concept of the proper type.

Overrides:

newInstance in class TermSchema

OntologyException

validate

public void validate(AbsObject abs,
                     Ontology onto)
              throws OntologyException

Check whether a given abstract descriptor complies with this schema.

Overrides:

validate in class jade.content.schema.ObjectSchemaImpl

Parameters:

abs - The abstract descriptor to be checked

Throws:

OntologyException - If the abstract descriptor does not complies with this schema

descendsFrom

protected boolean descendsFrom(ObjectSchema s)

Return true if - s is the base schema for the XXXSchema class this schema is an instance of (e.g. s is ConceptSchema.getBaseSchema() and this schema is an instance of ConceptSchema) - s is the base schema for a super-class of the XXXSchema class this schema is an instance of (e.g. s is TermSchema.getBaseSchema() and this schema is an instance of ConceptSchema)

Overrides:

descendsFrom in class TermSchema