casa.ontology.v3

Interface RuleBasedRelationType

All Known Implementing Classes:

TypeListType

public interface RuleBasedRelationType

Implement this interface in a Type to cause Primitive Relations to consult the type when determining direct relationships between types.

Author:

Rob Kremer

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
Set<Type>	extendedRelation(Relation relation)
boolean	extendedRelation(Relation relation, Type other)
boolean	overrides(Relation relation)

Method Detail

extendedRelation

Set<Type> extendedRelation(Relation relation)

Parameters:

relation -

Returns:

the set of types that are related to this type for this particular relation (the set in the range).

extendedRelation

boolean extendedRelation(Relation relation,
                         Type other)

Parameters:

relation -

other -

Returns:

true iff this type related to the other type for the particular relation (the other is in the range).

overrides

boolean overrides(Relation relation)