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

All Superinterfaces:

IModel

public interface IMetadataValueModel

extends IModel

Represents a metadata value's model as defined in the context's ontology model.

Method Summary

URI	getType() Returns XSD datatype of the value as defined in the context's schema.
boolean	isSimple() Used to determine whether this represents a simple value.

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

getDisplayData

Method Detail

getType

public URI getType()

Returns XSD datatype of the value as 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

isSimple

public boolean isSimple()

Used to determine whether this represents a simple value.

Returns:

true if represented value is simple (non-complex) and false otherwise.