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

All Superinterfaces:

Comparable, Rateable, Serializable

All Known Implementing Classes:

SuperSubclassImpl

public interface SuperSubclass

extends Rateable, Comparable

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

Note that while this interface is of type Rateable, the RatingManager cannot assign ratings to SuperSubclass 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	getSubclass() Returns the subclass topic of a superclass-subclass-relationship between two topics.
Topic	getSuperclass() Returns the superclass topic of a superclass-subclass-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

getSuperclass

public Topic getSuperclass()

Returns the superclass topic of a superclass-subclass-relationship between two topics.

Returns:

the superclass topic, never null

getSubclass

public Topic getSubclass()

Returns the subclass topic of a superclass-subclass-relationship between two topics.

Returns:

the subclass topic, never null