org.eclipse.higgins.idas.api.model
Interface IAttributeValueModel

All Superinterfaces:

IModel

All Known Subinterfaces:

IAttributeComplexValueModel, IAttributeSimpleValueModel

public interface IAttributeValueModel

extends IModel

Represents value's model of attributes as it defined in the context's ontology model.

Method Summary

int	getMaxCardinality() Returns non negative integer value which represents maximum cardinality of represented attribute's value or -1 if not defined.
IMetadataModel	getMetadataModel(URI metadataID) Returns IMetadataModel for the specified metadata ID
Iterator	getMetadataModels() Returns IMetadataModels for the metadata elements which are defined (allowed) in this attribute value model.
int	getMinCardinality() Returns non negative integer value which represents minimum cardinality of represented attribute's value or -1 if not defined.
URI	getType() Returns XSD datatype of represented value as it defined in the context's schema.
boolean	isSimple() Determines whether this value model represents simple attribute's value.

Methods inherited from interface org.eclipse.higgins.idas.api.model.IModel

getDisplayData

Method Detail

getType

public URI getType()

Returns XSD datatype of represented value as it defined in the context's schema. Please note that XSD:ENTITY, XSD:ID and XSD:IDREF are not currently supported by context's ontology models.

Specified by:

getType in interface IModel

Returns:

URI of value's datatype.

See Also:

XML Schema

getMaxCardinality

public int getMaxCardinality()

Returns non negative integer value which represents maximum cardinality of represented attribute's value or -1 if not defined.

See Also:

getMaxCardinality()

getMinCardinality

public int getMinCardinality()

Returns non negative integer value which represents minimum cardinality of represented attribute's value or -1 if not defined.

See Also:

getMinCardinality()

isSimple

public boolean isSimple()

Determines whether this value model represents simple attribute's value.

Returns:

true if represented value is simple and false otherwise.

getMetadataModels

public Iterator getMetadataModels()

Returns IMetadataModels for the metadata elements which are defined (allowed) in this attribute value model.

Returns:

Iterator of IMetadataModel

getMetadataModel

public IMetadataModel getMetadataModel(URI metadataID)

Returns IMetadataModel for the specified metadata ID

Parameters:

metadataID - the type of metadata.

Returns:

metadata's model of requested type or null if the specified metadataID is not defined or not valid for this attribute value model.