org.tmapi.core
Interface Reifiable

All Superinterfaces:

Construct

All Known Subinterfaces:

Association, DatatypeAware, Name, Occurrence, Role, TopicMap, Variant

public interface Reifiable
extends Construct

Indicates that a Construct is reifiable. Every Topic Maps construct that is not a Topic is reifiable.

Version:

$Rev: 62 $ - $Date: 2008-08-08 14:00:50 +0200 (Fr, 08 Aug 2008) $

Author:

The TMAPI Project

Method Summary

Topic	getReifier() Returns the reifier of this construct.
void	setReifier(Topic reifier) Sets the reifier of this construct.

Methods inherited from interface org.tmapi.core.Construct

addItemIdentifier, equals, getId, getItemIdentifiers, getParent, getTopicMap, hashCode, remove, removeItemIdentifier

Method Detail

getReifier

Topic getReifier()

Returns the reifier of this construct.

Returns:

The topic that reifies this construct or null if this construct is not reified.

setReifier

void setReifier(Topic reifier)
                throws ModelConstraintException

Sets the reifier of this construct. The specified reifier MUST NOT reify another information item.

Parameters:

reifier - The topic that should reify this construct or null if an existing reifier should be removed.

Throws:

ModelConstraintException - If the specified reifier reifies another construct.