org.eclipse.higgins.idas.api
Interface IFilterEntityTypeAssertion

All Superinterfaces:

IFilterAssertion

public interface IFilterEntityTypeAssertion
extends IFilterAssertion

Represents a filter assertion about an Entity's Type (see org.eclipse.higgins.idas.api.IEntity#getEntityType()).

This assertion is made up of a comparator (operator), and assertion value.

The filter assertion is true for a Entity when:

TODO (Doc): add assertion rules

The particular form of the String used as an assertion is dictated by the comparator.

Field Summary

static String

COMP_TYPE_EQ Compares true when a tested Entity has a type equal to the specified assertion value.

Method Summary

void	setAssertionValue(URI assertion) Specifies the assertion data to be tested against an IEntity's type.

Methods inherited from interface org.eclipse.higgins.idas.api.IFilterAssertion

includeSubtypes, setComparator, setID, setID

Field Detail

COMP_TYPE_EQ

static final String COMP_TYPE_EQ

Compares true when a tested Entity has a type equal to the specified assertion value.

Value: "urn:org.eclipse.higgins.idas.api.comparator.type.equality"

See Also:

Constant Field Values

Method Detail

setAssertionValue

void setAssertionValue(URI assertion)
                       throws IdASException

Specifies the assertion data to be tested against an IEntity's type.

Throws:

IdASException