/** * *************************************************************** * JADE - Java Agent DEvelopment Framework is a framework to develop * multi-agent systems in compliance with the FIPA specifications. * Copyright (C) 2000 CSELT S.p.A. * * GNU Lesser General Public License * * This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or * modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public * License as published by the Free Software Foundation, * version 2.1 of the License. * * This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU * Lesser General Public License for more details. * * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public * License along with this library; if not, write to the * Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, * Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA. * ************************************************************** */ package jade.content.onto; //#MIDP_EXCLUDE_FILE import jade.content.Concept; import jade.content.abs.AbsConceptSlotFunction; import jade.content.abs.AbsObject; import jade.content.schema.ConceptSlotFunctionSchema; /** * The ConceptSlotFunction class allows treating the slots of an ontological concept as functions. * For instance, if an ontology defines a concept <code>Person</code> with a slot <code>name</code> and a slot <code>age</code>, * it is possible to create expressions such as<br> * (= (age (Person :name John)) 41) <br> * (> (age (Person :name John)) (age (Person :name Bill)))<br> * (iota ?x (= (age (Person :name John)) ?x)) * In order to exploit this feature it is necessary to instruct an ontology to use concept slots as functions by means of the * <code>useConceptSlotsAsFunctions</code> method of the <code>Ontology</code> class. * @since JADE 3.7 */ public class ConceptSlotFunction extends AbsConceptSlotFunction { private Concept concept; private Ontology onto; ConceptSlotFunction(String slotName, Concept concept, Ontology onto) { super(slotName); this.concept = concept; this.onto = onto; } public String getSlotName() { return getTypeName(); } public Concept getConcept() { return concept; } public AbsObject getAbsObject(String name) { if (ConceptSlotFunctionSchema.CONCEPT_SLOT_FUNCTION_CONCEPT.equals(name)) { try { return onto.fromObject(concept); } catch (OntologyException oe) { throw new RuntimeException("Error externalizing Concept "+concept.getClass().getName(), oe); } } else { return null; } } public String[] getNames() { return new String[] {ConceptSlotFunctionSchema.CONCEPT_SLOT_FUNCTION_CONCEPT}; } public boolean isGrounded() { return true; } public int getCount() { return 1; } public Object apply() throws OntologyException { return apply(concept); } public Object apply(Concept c) throws OntologyException { if (concept.getClass().isAssignableFrom(c.getClass())) { return onto.getSlotValue(getTypeName(), c); } else { throw new OntologyException("Concept "+c.getClass()+" is not compatible with internal concept "+concept.getClass()); } } public void fill(Object val) throws OntologyException { fill(concept, val); } public void fill(Concept c, Object val) throws OntologyException { if (concept.getClass().isAssignableFrom(c.getClass())) { onto.setSlotValue(getTypeName(), val, c); } else { throw new OntologyException("Concept "+c.getClass()+" is not compatible with internal concept "+concept.getClass()); } } }