de.unima.alcomox.mapping
Class SemanticRelation

java.lang.Object
  de.unima.alcomox.mapping.SemanticRelation

public class SemanticRelation
extends java.lang.Object

A semantic relation can be used to express equivalence, subsumption or disjointness between entities of different ontologies.

Field Summary

static int	DIS Relation of disjointness, e.g.
static int	EQUIV Relation of equivalence, e.g.
static int	NA Relation thats not available.
static int	SUB Relation of subsumption, e.g.
static int	SUPER Relation of supsumption, e.g.

Constructor Summary

SemanticRelation(int type)
Constructs a semantic relation of a certain type.

Method Summary

boolean	equals(java.lang.Object that) Checks equality of this and that semantic relation.
SemanticRelation	getInverse() Returns the inverse semantic relation of this semantic relation.
int	getType()
int	hashCode()
java.lang.String	toString() Returns the string representation of this semantic relation.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

NA

public static final int NA

Relation thats not available.

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Constant Field Values

EQUIV

public static final int EQUIV

Relation of equivalence, e.g. A = B.

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Constant Field Values

SUB

public static final int SUB

Relation of subsumption, e.g. A < B.

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SUPER

public static final int SUPER

Relation of supsumption, e.g. A > B.

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DIS

public static final int DIS

Relation of disjointness, e.g. A != B.

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Constructor Detail

SemanticRelation

public SemanticRelation(int type)
                 throws CorrespondenceException

Constructs a semantic relation of a certain type.

Parameters:

type - The type of the semantic relation.

Throws:

CorrespondenceException - Thrown, if a not existing type of relation is chosen.

Method Detail

getType

public int getType()

Returns:

The type of this semantic relation.

toString

public java.lang.String toString()

Returns the string representation of this semantic relation.

Overrides:

toString in class java.lang.Object

Returns:

Representation as string.

equals

public boolean equals(java.lang.Object that)

Checks equality of this and that semantic relation.

Overrides:

equals in class java.lang.Object

Parameters:

that - That semantic relation.

Returns:

True, if this and that are of the same type.

hashCode

public int hashCode()

Overrides:

hashCode in class java.lang.Object

getInverse

public SemanticRelation getInverse()

Returns the inverse semantic relation of this semantic relation.

Returns:

The inverted semantic relation