Validatable.java

package org.neo4j.rdf.validation;

import java.util.Collection;

import org.neo4j.graphdb.Node;
import org.neo4j.meta.model.MetaModelClass;
import org.neo4j.rdf.model.Uri;

/**
 * All items which can be validated have to implement this interface.
 */
public interface Validatable
{
    Node getUnderlyingNode();
    
    Uri getUri();
    
    /**
     * @return the node types for this entity.
     */
    Collection<MetaModelClass> getClasses();
    
    /**
     * @return all the property keys.
     */
    String[] getAllPropertyKeys();
    
    String[] getSimplePropertyKeys();
    
    String[] getComplexPropertyKeys();
    
    /**
     * @param key the property key.
     * @return wether or not this entity has the property {@code key}.
     */
    boolean hasProperty( String key );
    
    /**
     * @param key the property key.
     * @return the values for the property key.
     */
    Object[] getProperties( String key );
    
    /**
     * @param key the property key.
     * @param direction the direction.
     * @return the complex entities for key.
     */
    Collection<? extends Validatable> complexProperties( String key );
}