de.dfki.mycbr.core.casebase
Class ConceptRange

java.lang.Object
  de.dfki.mycbr.core.casebase.Range
      de.dfki.mycbr.core.casebase.ConceptRange

All Implemented Interfaces:

java.util.Observer

public final class ConceptRange
extends Range

Holds ConceptAttribute objects for a given ConceptDesc object.

Author:

myCBR Team

Constructor Summary

ConceptRange(Project p, Concept c)
Initializes map for special attributes.

Method Summary

boolean	add(Instance i)
void	clear()
Instance	contains(java.lang.String name) Returns the ConceptAttribute associated with the given String.
Attribute	getAttribute(java.lang.Object obj) Gets the attribute associated with the specified Object obj.
Concept	getConcept()
Instance	getInstance(java.lang.String name) Returns the ConceptAttribute associated with the given String.
java.util.Collection<Instance>	getInstances() Gets the current c attributes maintained by this range.
Attribute	parseValue(java.lang.String s)
void	remove(java.lang.String name)
void	renameInstance(java.lang.String name, java.lang.String name2)
void	setAllInstancesMultiple(AttributeDesc d) Called when changing the description from having single to multiple values.
void	setAllInstancesSingle(AttributeDesc d) Called when changing the description from having multiple to single values.
void	update(java.util.Observable o, java.lang.Object arg)

Methods inherited from class de.dfki.mycbr.core.casebase.Range

getProject, setProject

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

equals, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

ConceptRange

public ConceptRange(Project p,
                    Concept c)

Initializes map for special attributes.

Parameters:

p - the project this range belongs to

c - the concept for values maintained by this range

Method Detail

getInstance

public Instance getInstance(java.lang.String name)
                     throws java.lang.Exception

Returns the ConceptAttribute associated with the given String. Creates a new ConcpetAttribute if there is no ConceptAttribute for the given string yet.

Parameters:

name - the identifier for which the corresponding ConceptAttribute should be returned

Returns:

the ConceptAttribute specified by name

Throws:

java.lang.Exception - if name is empty

add

public boolean add(Instance i)

Parameters:

i - the instance to be added to this range

Returns:

true, if instance has been successfully added, else false.

contains

public Instance contains(java.lang.String name)

Returns the ConceptAttribute associated with the given String.

Parameters:

name - the name of the instance to be returned

Returns:

ConceptAttribute with name name or null if there is none with this name

getInstances

public java.util.Collection<Instance> getInstances()

Gets the current c attributes maintained by this range.

Returns:

the existing c attributes of the given description

getAttribute

public Attribute getAttribute(java.lang.Object obj)

Gets the attribute associated with the specified Object obj. obj is expected to be of type String. Returns result of getInstance(String) if obj is of type String, result of Project.getSpecialAttribute(String) if obj is of type SpecialAttribute, else returns null. Is needed for MultipleRange.

Specified by:

getAttribute in class Range

Parameters:

obj - representing String or SpecialAttribute

Returns:

SimpleAttribute that corresponds to obj, null if there is no such SimpleAttribute

getConcept

public Concept getConcept()

Returns:

the concept this range belongs to

update

public void update(java.util.Observable o,
                   java.lang.Object arg)

renameInstance

public void renameInstance(java.lang.String name,
                           java.lang.String name2)

Parameters:

name - the old name of the instance

name2 - new name of the instance

parseValue

public Attribute parseValue(java.lang.String s)
                     throws java.lang.Exception

Parameters:

s - the string which should be used for parsing

Returns:

the attribute which corresponds to the given string

Throws:

java.text.ParseException - if string does not fit description

java.lang.Exception

setAllInstancesSingle

public void setAllInstancesSingle(AttributeDesc d)

Called when changing the description from having multiple to single values.

setAllInstancesMultiple

public void setAllInstancesMultiple(AttributeDesc d)

Called when changing the description from having single to multiple values.

clear

public void clear()

remove

public void remove(java.lang.String name)

Parameters:

name -