org.tmapi.core
Interface Variant

All Superinterfaces:

Construct, DatatypeAware, Reifiable, Scoped

public interface Variant
extends DatatypeAware

Represents a variant item.

Version:

$Rev: 64 $ - $Date: 2008-08-14 13:46:44 +0200 (Do, 14 Aug 2008) $

Author:

The TMAPI Project

Method Summary

Name	getParent() Returns the Name to which this variant belongs.
java.util.Set<Topic>	getScope() Returns the scope of this variant.

Methods inherited from interface org.tmapi.core.DatatypeAware

decimalValue, floatValue, getDatatype, getValue, integerValue, intValue, locatorValue, longValue, setValue, setValue, setValue, setValue, setValue, setValue, setValue, setValue

Methods inherited from interface org.tmapi.core.Reifiable

getReifier, setReifier

Methods inherited from interface org.tmapi.core.Scoped

addTheme, removeTheme

Methods inherited from interface org.tmapi.core.Construct

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

Method Detail

getParent

Name getParent()

Returns the Name to which this variant belongs.

Specified by:

getParent in interface Construct

Returns:

The topic name to which this variant belongs.

See Also:

Construct.getParent()

getScope

java.util.Set<Topic> getScope()

Returns the scope of this variant. The returned scope is a true superset of the parent's scope.

Specified by:

getScope in interface Scoped

Returns:

An unmodifiable set of Topics which define the scope.