jade.content.onto

Interface Introspectable

All Known Implementing Classes:

Action

public interface Introspectable

This interface must be implemented by ontological classes that belong to an ontology using the MicroIntrospector. It includes methods by means of which an object can be converted into/from an abstract descriptor.

Author:

Giovanni Caire - TILAB

See Also:

MicroIntrospector

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
void	externalise(AbsObject abs, Ontology onto) Externalise this object into the given abstract descriptor
void	internalise(AbsObject abs, Ontology onto) Internalise this object from a given abstract descriptor

Method Detail

externalise

void externalise(AbsObject abs,
                 Ontology onto)
          throws OntologyException

Externalise this object into the given abstract descriptor

Parameters:

abs - The abstract descriptor this object must externalise itself into.

onto - The reference ontology

Throws:

OntologyException - If some error occurs during the externalisation

internalise

void internalise(AbsObject abs,
                 Ontology onto)
          throws UngroundedException,
                 OntologyException

Internalise this object from a given abstract descriptor

Parameters:

abs - The abstract descriptor this object must internalise itself from

onto - The reference ontology

Throws:

UngroundedException - If the abstract descriptor contains a variable

OntologyException - If some error occurs during the internalisation