Comment.java

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package ch.uzh.ifi.attempto.acewiki.core;

/**
 * This class represents a comment that is a part of an article. A comment must have
 * an ontology element as owner.
 */
public class Comment extends AbstractStatement {

	private final String text;

	/**
	 * Creates a new comment.
	 * 
	 * @param text The comment text.
	 */
	public Comment(String text) {
		this.text = text;
	}


	public String getText(String language) {
		// Comments are not multilingual at this point
		return text;
	}

	/**
	 * Returns the (language-independent) text of this comment.
	 * 
	 * @return The comment text.
	 */
	public String getText() {
		return text;
	}

	public String serialize() {
		return text.replaceAll("~", "~t").replaceAll("\\n", "~n");
	}

	public Comment copyFor(Article article) {
		Comment c = new Comment(text);
		c.init(getOntology(), article);
		return c;
	}

}