de.uka.ipd.consensus.foundation.schema
Interface TypeInstance

All Superinterfaces:

Comparable, Rateable, Serializable

All Known Implementing Classes:

TypeInstanceImpl

public interface TypeInstance

extends Rateable, Comparable

This is a wrapper interface for special associations that manage the type-instance-relationship between two topics.

Note that while this interface is of type Rateable, the RatingManager cannot assign ratings to TypeInstance objects directly. Instead, it assigns the rating to the wrapped association. Therefore, an implementation simply delegates all Rateable methods to the wrapped association.

The OntologyManager is responsible for creating and managing objects of this type.

Version:

2006-06-14

Author:

Thomas Much

See Also:

RatingManager, OntologyManager, Topic

Method Summary

Topic	getInstance() Returns the instance topic of a type-instance-relationship between two topics.
Topic	getType() Returns the type topic of a type-instance-relationship between two topics.

Methods inherited from interface de.uka.ipd.consensus.foundation.schema.Rateable

addRating, getAverageRatingValue, getId, getRating, getRatings, getRatingsCount

Methods inherited from interface java.lang.Comparable

compareTo

Method Detail

getType

public Topic getType()

Returns the type topic of a type-instance-relationship between two topics.

Returns:

the type topic, never null

getInstance

public Topic getInstance()

Returns the instance topic of a type-instance-relationship between two topics.

Returns:

the instance topic, never null