i3.dragos.gm.core.schema.id
Class EdgeClassID

java.lang.Object
  i3.dragos.gm.core.schema.id.GraphEntityClassID
      i3.dragos.gm.core.schema.id.EdgeClassID

All Implemented Interfaces:

java.io.Serializable

public class EdgeClassID
extends GraphEntityClassID

An EdgeClassID identifies an edge class in the Schema.

Author:

Boris Boehlen <boehlen@cs.rwth-aachen.de>, Thorsten Hermes <thermes@i3.informatik.rwth-aachen.de>

See Also:

Core Graph Model , Implementation Issues , Serialized Form

Constructor Summary

EdgeClassID(DataSourceURL dataSourceURL, java.io.Serializable internalIdentifier, java.lang.String name)
Constructor.

Method Summary

EdgeClass	getEdgeClass() Returns the edge class referenced by this ID.
boolean	isSubclassID() Returns true if this is an ID of a subclass (edge, node...), false if this is an ID of a GraphEntityClass itself.

Methods inherited from class i3.dragos.gm.core.schema.id.GraphEntityClassID

equals, getDataSourceURL, getGraphEntityClass, getInternalIdentifier, getName, hashCode, toString

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

EdgeClassID

public EdgeClassID(DataSourceURL dataSourceURL,
                   java.io.Serializable internalIdentifier,
                   java.lang.String name)

Constructor.

Parameters:

dataSourceURL - The dataSourceURL of the GraphPool.

internalIdentifier - The internal id of this class.

name - The name of this class.

Method Detail

getEdgeClass

public EdgeClass getEdgeClass()
                       throws DragosException

Returns the edge class referenced by this ID.

Returns:

the edge class referenced by this ID.

Throws:

DragosException - in case of internal errors.

isSubclassID

public final boolean isSubclassID()

Returns true if this is an ID of a subclass (edge, node...), false if this is an ID of a GraphEntityClass itself.

Overrides:

isSubclassID in class GraphEntityClassID

Returns:

true if this is an ID of a subclass (edge, node...), false if this is an ID of a GraphEntityClass itself.