de.dfki.mycbr.core.model
Class SimpleAttDesc

java.lang.Object
  java.util.Observable
      de.dfki.mycbr.core.model.AttributeDesc
          de.dfki.mycbr.core.model.SimpleAttDesc

All Implemented Interfaces:

IExplainable, java.util.Observer

Direct Known Subclasses:

DateDesc, DoubleDesc, FloatDesc, IntegerDesc, IntervalDesc, StringDesc, SymbolDesc

public abstract class SimpleAttDesc
extends AttributeDesc

You can either define simple attribute descriptions, or concept descriptions. The latter ones define part-of relations. Simple attribute descriptions are descriptions of strings, integers, floats, doubles symbols, etc.

Author:

myCBR Team

Constructor Summary

SimpleAttDesc(Concept owner, java.lang.String name)

Method Summary

void	addFct(ISimFct f)
abstract boolean	canOverride(AttributeDesc desc) Checks whether this attribute description can override the given attribute description
void	deleteAllFcts()
void	deleteSimFct(ISimFct f) Deletes the given function from the list of known functions for the given description.
ISimFct	getFct(java.lang.String name)
java.util.List<ISimFct>	getSimFcts() Returns the available similarity functions for the specified description.
void	renameFct(java.lang.String nameOLD, java.lang.String nameNEW)

Methods inherited from class de.dfki.mycbr.core.model.AttributeDesc

delete, fits, fitsSingle, getAttribute, getExpType, getName, getOwner, isMultiple, setMultiple, setName, setOwner, toString, update

Methods inherited from class java.util.Observable

addObserver, countObservers, deleteObserver, deleteObservers, hasChanged, notifyObservers, notifyObservers

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

SimpleAttDesc

public SimpleAttDesc(Concept owner,
                     java.lang.String name)
              throws java.lang.Exception

Parameters:

owner - the owner of this

name - the name of this

Throws:

java.lang.Exception - if the owner has another description with this name

Method Detail

getSimFcts

public final java.util.List<ISimFct> getSimFcts()

Returns the available similarity functions for the specified description.

Returns:

the available similarity functions for the given description

getFct

public final ISimFct getFct(java.lang.String name)

Parameters:

name - the name of the function to be returned

Returns:

the function of name name or null if there is no function known for this having this name

deleteSimFct

public final void deleteSimFct(ISimFct f)

Deletes the given function from the list of known functions for the given description.

Parameters:

f - the function to be deleted

addFct

public final void addFct(ISimFct f)

Parameters:

f - the function to be added to this

canOverride

public abstract boolean canOverride(AttributeDesc desc)

Description copied from class: AttributeDesc

Checks whether this attribute description can override the given attribute description

Specified by:

canOverride in class AttributeDesc

deleteAllFcts

public final void deleteAllFcts()

Specified by:

deleteAllFcts in class AttributeDesc

renameFct

public void renameFct(java.lang.String nameOLD,
                      java.lang.String nameNEW)

Parameters:

nameOLD -

nameNEW -