de.dfki.mycbr.core.model
Class SpecialDesc

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

All Implemented Interfaces:

IExplainable, TaxonomyNode, java.util.Observer

public class SpecialDesc
extends SymbolDesc

Special values are values that can be used for any attribute description. Here you can define the allowed values of the special value description of this project.

Author:

myCBR Team

Constructor Summary

SpecialDesc(Project p, java.util.HashSet<java.lang.String> allowedValues)
For initializing special value desc.

Method Summary

SpecialFct	addSpecialFct(java.lang.String name, boolean active) Creates a new SymbolFct for the given description.
Attribute	getAttribute(java.lang.String value) Returns SymbolAttribute object representing the specified value.
static SpecialDesc	getDefault()
java.lang.Integer	getIndexOf(SpecialAttribute att)
void	removeSymbol(java.lang.String value) Removes the given string from the list of allowed symbols.

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

addOrderedSymbolFct, addSymbol, addSymbolFct, addTaxonomyFct, canOverride, fits, fitsSingle, getAllowedValues, getIndexOf, getNodes, getSymbolAttributes, isAllowedValue, renameValue

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

addFct, deleteAllFcts, deleteSimFct, getFct, getSimFcts, renameFct

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

delete, 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

SpecialDesc

public SpecialDesc(Project p,
                   java.util.HashSet<java.lang.String> allowedValues)
            throws java.lang.Exception

For initializing special value desc.

Parameters:

p - the project this description belongs to

allowedValues - the values which can be used for attributes of this description

Throws:

java.lang.Exception - if something goes wrong during creation of special value function

Method Detail

getDefault

public static SpecialDesc getDefault()

getAttribute

public final Attribute getAttribute(java.lang.String value)

Returns SymbolAttribute object representing the specified value.

Overrides:

getAttribute in class SymbolDesc

Parameters:

value - the string representing the value that should be returned

Returns:

value representing the specified string, null if there is none.

getIndexOf

public final java.lang.Integer getIndexOf(SpecialAttribute att)

Parameters:

att - the attribute whose index should be returned

Returns:

the index of the given attribute or null if it does not belong to this

removeSymbol

public final void removeSymbol(java.lang.String value)

Removes the given string from the list of allowed symbols.

Overrides:

removeSymbol in class SymbolDesc

Parameters:

value - the value which should be removed as allowed value of this

addSpecialFct

public final SpecialFct addSpecialFct(java.lang.String name,
                                      boolean active)

Creates a new SymbolFct for the given description.

Parameters:

name - the name of the new function

active - if true, the new function will be used in all amalgamation functions known for the owner of this.

Returns:

the new symbol function