javax.xml.registry.infomodel
Interface Concept

All Superinterfaces:

ExtensibleObject, RegistryObject, java.io.Serializable

public interface Concept

extends RegistryObject

The Concept interface is used to represent taxonomy elements and their structural relationship with each other in order to describe an internal taxonomy. Concept instances are used to define tree structures where the root of the tree is a ClassificationScheme instance and each node in the tree is a Concept instance. Two Concepts may be defined as being equivalent.

The figure below shows how Concept instances are used to represent taxonomy elements and their structural relationship with each other in order to describe an internal taxonomy.

See Also:

RegistryObject, Classification, ClassificationScheme

Method Summary

void	addChildConcept(Concept concept) Add a child Concept
void	addChildConcepts(java.util.Collection concept) Add a Collection of Concept children
Concept	getChildConceptAt(int index) Get a child Concept at a specified index
int	getChildConceptCount() Get number of children
java.util.Collection	getChildrenConcepts() Get all immediate children Concepts
ClassificationScheme	getClassificationScheme() Get the ClassificationScheme that this Concept is a descendent of
java.util.Collection	getDescendantConcepts() Get all descendant Concepts
Concept	getParentConcept() Get the parent Concept or null if parent is a ClassificationScheme.
java.lang.String	getValue() Gets the value (usually a code in a taxonomy) associated with this Concept.
void	removeChildConcept(Concept concept) Remove a child Concept
void	removeChildConcepts(java.util.Collection concept) Remove a Collection of children Concepts
void	setValue(java.lang.String value) Sets the value (usually a code in a taxonomy) associated with this Concept.

Methods inherited from interface javax.xml.registry.infomodel.RegistryObject

addAssociation, addAssociations, addClassification, addClassifications, addExternalIdentifier, addExternalIdentifiers, addExternalLink, addExternalLinks, getAssociatedObjects, getAssociations, getAuditTrail, getClassifications, getConnection, getDescription, getExternalIdentifiers, getExternalLinks, getKey, getName, getObjectType, getOrganization, getPackages, removeAssociation, removeAssociations, removeClassification, removeClassifications, removeExternalIdentifier, removeExternalIdentifiers, removeExternalLink, removeExternalLinks, setAssociations, setClassifications, setDescription, setExternalIdentifiers, setExternalLinks, setKey, setName, toXML

Methods inherited from interface javax.xml.registry.infomodel.ExtensibleObject

addSlot, addSlots, getSlot, getSlotAt, getSlots, removeSlot, removeSlots

Method Detail

getValue

public java.lang.String getValue()
                          throws JAXRException

Gets the value (usually a code in a taxonomy) associated with this Concept.

Capability Level: 0

setValue

public void setValue(java.lang.String value)
              throws JAXRException

Sets the value (usually a code in a taxonomy) associated with this Concept.

Capability Level: 0

addChildConcept

public void addChildConcept(Concept concept)
                     throws JAXRException

Add a child Concept

Capability Level: 0

addChildConcepts

public void addChildConcepts(java.util.Collection concept)
                      throws JAXRException

Add a Collection of Concept children

Capability Level: 0

removeChildConcept

public void removeChildConcept(Concept concept)
                        throws JAXRException

Remove a child Concept

Capability Level: 0

removeChildConcepts

public void removeChildConcepts(java.util.Collection concept)
                         throws JAXRException

Remove a Collection of children Concepts

Capability Level: 0

getChildConceptAt

public Concept getChildConceptAt(int index)
                          throws JAXRException

Get a child Concept at a specified index

Capability Level: 0

getChildConceptCount

public int getChildConceptCount()
                         throws JAXRException

Get number of children

Capability Level: 0

getChildrenConcepts

public java.util.Collection getChildrenConcepts()
                                         throws JAXRException

Get all immediate children Concepts

Capability Level: 0

getDescendantConcepts

public java.util.Collection getDescendantConcepts()
                                           throws JAXRException

Get all descendant Concepts

Capability Level: 0

getParentConcept

public Concept getParentConcept()
                         throws JAXRException

Get the parent Concept or null if parent is a ClassificationScheme.

Capability Level: 0

getClassificationScheme

public ClassificationScheme getClassificationScheme()
                                             throws JAXRException

Get the ClassificationScheme that this Concept is a descendent of

Capability Level: 0