package org.openprovenance.prov.model; /** * <p>Interface for PROV Usage association. * <p><a href="http://www.w3.org/TR/prov-dm/#concept-usage">PROV-DM Definition for Usage</a>: Usage is the beginning of utilizing an entity by an activity. * Before usage, the activity had not begun to utilize this entity and could not have been affected by the entity. * * * <p>The constructor method {@link ProvFactory#newUsed(QualifiedName, QualifiedName, QualifiedName)} can be used to create an instance of <tt>Used</tt>. * The following code snippet creates a new usage statement, with a role attribute, and current time. * The instance of usage is given an identifier <tt>myId</tt>. * <pre> * QualifiedName myId= ... ; // some qualified name * QualifiedName activityId= ... ; // some activity qualified name * QualifiedName entityId= ... ; // some entity qualified name * Used myUsed=provFactory.newUsed(myId,activityId,entityId); * myUsed.getRole().add(provFactory.newRole("parameter")); * myUsed.setTime(provFactory.newTimeNow()) * </pre> * * <p><span class="strong">Relevant Factory Methods:</span> * <ul> * <li> {@link ProvFactory#newUsed(QualifiedName, QualifiedName, QualifiedName)} * <li> {@link ProvFactory#newUsed(QualifiedName, QualifiedName, QualifiedName, javax.xml.datatype.XMLGregorianCalendar, java.util.Collection)} * <li> {@link ObjectFactory#createUsed()} * </ul> * * <p><span class="strong">Schema Definition:</span> * * <p>The following schema fragment specifies the expected content contained within this class. * * <pre> * <complexType name="Usage"> * <complexContent> * <restriction base="{http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema}anyType"> * <sequence> * <element name="activity" type="{http://www.w3.org/ns/prov#}IDRef"/> * <element name="entity" type="{http://www.w3.org/ns/prov#}IDRef"/> * <element name="time" type="{http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema}dateTime" minOccurs="0"/> * <element ref="{http://www.w3.org/ns/prov#}label" maxOccurs="unbounded" minOccurs="0"/> * <element ref="{http://www.w3.org/ns/prov#}location" maxOccurs="unbounded" minOccurs="0"/> * <element ref="{http://www.w3.org/ns/prov#}role" maxOccurs="unbounded" minOccurs="0"/> * <element ref="{http://www.w3.org/ns/prov#}type" maxOccurs="unbounded" minOccurs="0"/> * <any namespace='##other' maxOccurs="unbounded" minOccurs="0"/> * </sequence> * <attribute ref="{http://www.w3.org/ns/prov#}id"/> * </restriction> * </complexContent> * </complexType> * </pre> * * <p> * @see <a href="http://www.w3.org/TR/prov-dm/#term-Usage">PROV-DM Usage</a> * @see <a href="http://www.w3.org/TR/prov-o/#Usage">PROV-O Usage</a> * @see <a href="http://www.w3.org/TR/prov-n/#expression-Usage">PROV-N Usage</a> * @see <a href="http://www.w3.org/TR/prov-xml/#term-Usage">PROV-XML Usage</a> * @see <a href="http://www.w3.org/Submission/2013/SUBM-prov-json-20130424/#term-Usage">PROV-JSON Usage</a> * */ public interface Used extends Identifiable, HasLabel, HasType, HasTime, HasRole, HasLocation, HasOther, Influence { void setActivity(QualifiedName aid); void setEntity(QualifiedName eid); QualifiedName getEntity(); QualifiedName getActivity(); }