project35.metaData
Class MetaDataOntologySource

java.lang.Object
  project35.metaData.MetaDataOntologySource

All Implemented Interfaces:

Serializable, OntologySource, ServiceClass

public class MetaDataOntologySource
extends Object
implements OntologySource

provides ontology terms to fill in the names of record and field meta data records.

Copyright (c) 2008 Kevin Garwood for Project35. This code is licensed under the Academic Free License version 3.0. For more information on the terms and conditions, please see the file "LICENSE" that is included in this distribution.

Version:

1.0

Author:

Kevin Garwood (kgarwood@users.sourceforge.net)

See Also:

Serialized Form

Constructor Summary

MetaDataOntologySource()

Method Summary

boolean	containsTerm(Project35FormContext metaDataEditorFormContext, OntologyTerm ontologyTerm) determine whether the source contains a particular ontology term
Parameter[]	getInitialisationParameters()
OntologyServiceMetaData	getOntologyServiceMetaData(Project35FormContext project35FormContext)
OntologyTermProvenance	getOntologyTermProvenance(Project35FormContext metaDataEditorFormContext, OntologyTerm ontologyTerm)
OntologyTerm[]	getRelatedTerms(Project35FormContext metaDataEditorFormContext, OntologyRelationshipType relationshipType, OntologyTerm ontologyTerm)
OntologySource	getSubOntologySource(Project35FormContext metaDataEditorFormContext, Parameter[] parameterList) returns another ontology source is basically this one but pared down by the parameters
OntologyRelationshipType[]	getSupportedOntologyRelationships(Project35FormContext metaDataEditorFormContext)
OntologyTerm[]	getTerms(Project35FormContext metaDataEditorFormContext) returns a collection of terms
void	initialiseService(URL resourceDirectory, Parameter[] initialisationParameters)
boolean	isWorking() indicates whether the ontology source is ready for service
void	setOntologyContext(OntologyContext ontologyContext)
String	test() diagnostic method that indicates whether the ontology source is working.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

MetaDataOntologySource

public MetaDataOntologySource()

Method Detail

setOntologyContext

public void setOntologyContext(OntologyContext ontologyContext)

getInitialisationParameters

public Parameter[] getInitialisationParameters()

Specified by:

getInitialisationParameters in interface ServiceClass

initialiseService

public void initialiseService(URL resourceDirectory,
                              Parameter[] initialisationParameters)

Specified by:

initialiseService in interface ServiceClass

getOntologyServiceMetaData

public OntologyServiceMetaData getOntologyServiceMetaData(Project35FormContext project35FormContext)

Specified by:

getOntologyServiceMetaData in interface OntologySource

getOntologyTermProvenance

public OntologyTermProvenance getOntologyTermProvenance(Project35FormContext metaDataEditorFormContext,
                                                        OntologyTerm ontologyTerm)

Specified by:

getOntologyTermProvenance in interface OntologySource

isWorking

public boolean isWorking()

Description copied from interface: OntologySource

indicates whether the ontology source is ready for service

Specified by:

isWorking in interface OntologySource

test

public String test()

Description copied from interface: OntologySource

diagnostic method that indicates whether the ontology source is working.

Specified by:

test in interface OntologySource

getTerms

public OntologyTerm[] getTerms(Project35FormContext metaDataEditorFormContext)

Description copied from interface: OntologySource

returns a collection of terms

Specified by:

getTerms in interface OntologySource

getSupportedOntologyRelationships

public OntologyRelationshipType[] getSupportedOntologyRelationships(Project35FormContext metaDataEditorFormContext)

Specified by:

getSupportedOntologyRelationships in interface OntologySource

getRelatedTerms

public OntologyTerm[] getRelatedTerms(Project35FormContext metaDataEditorFormContext,
                                      OntologyRelationshipType relationshipType,
                                      OntologyTerm ontologyTerm)

Specified by:

getRelatedTerms in interface OntologySource

containsTerm

public boolean containsTerm(Project35FormContext metaDataEditorFormContext,
                            OntologyTerm ontologyTerm)

Description copied from interface: OntologySource

determine whether the source contains a particular ontology term

Specified by:

containsTerm in interface OntologySource

getSubOntologySource

public OntologySource getSubOntologySource(Project35FormContext metaDataEditorFormContext,
                                           Parameter[] parameterList)

Description copied from interface: OntologySource

returns another ontology source is basically this one but pared down by the parameters

Specified by:

getSubOntologySource in interface OntologySource