Property.java

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package org.apache.jena.rdf.model;

/** An RDF Property.
 */
public interface Property extends Resource {
	
  public boolean isProperty();

  /** Returns the namespace associated with this property.
     * @return The namespace for this property.
     */
  @Override
public String getNameSpace();

  /**
      Override RDFNode.inModel() to produce a staticly-typed Property
      in the given Model.
  */
  @Override
public Property inModel( Model m );
  
    /** Returns the name of this property within its namespace.
     * @return The name of this property within its namespace.
     */
  @Override
public String getLocalName();
  
  /** Returns the ordinal value of a containment property.
     *
     * <p>RDF containers use properties of the form _1, _2, _3 etc to represent
     * the containment relationship between the container and the objects it
     * contains.  When invoked on such a containment property, this method
     * returns the integer part of the property name.  When invoked on other
     * properties, it returns 0.
     * @return The ordinal value of a containment property,
     * or 0 otherwise.
     *
     */
  public int    getOrdinal();
}