/**
* ***************************************************************
* 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
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* version 2.1 of the License.
*
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*
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* **************************************************************
*/
package jade.content.schema;
import jade.content.abs.*;
import jade.content.onto.*;
/**
* This class represent the schema of primitive entities in
* an ontology.
* @author Federico Bergenti - Universita` di Parma
*/
public class PrimitiveSchema extends TermSchema {
public static final String BASE_NAME = "Primitive";
private static PrimitiveSchema baseSchema = new PrimitiveSchema();
/**
* Construct a schema that vinculates an entity to be a generic
* primitive element
*/
private PrimitiveSchema() {
super(BASE_NAME);
}
/**
* Creates a <code>PrimitiveSchema</code> with a given type-name.
*
* @param typeName The name of this <code>PrimitiveSchema</code>.
*/
public PrimitiveSchema(String typeName) {
super(typeName);
}
/**
* Retrieve the generic base schema for all primitives.
*
* @return the generic base schema for all primitives.
*/
public static ObjectSchema getBaseSchema() {
return baseSchema;
}
/**
* Creates an Abstract descriptor to hold a primitive of
* the proper type.
*/
public AbsObject newInstance() throws OntologyException {
return new AbsPrimitive(getTypeName());
}
/**
Check whether a given abstract descriptor complies with this
schema.
@param abs The abstract descriptor to be checked
@throws OntologyException If the abstract descriptor does not
complies with this schema
*/
public void validate(AbsObject abs, Ontology onto) throws OntologyException {
// Check the type of the abstract descriptor
if (!(abs instanceof AbsPrimitive)) {
throw new OntologyException(abs+" is not an AbsPrimitive");
}
}
/**
Return true if
- s is the base schema for the XXXSchema class this schema is
an instance of (e.g. s is ConceptSchema.getBaseSchema() and this
schema is an instance of ConceptSchema)
- s is the base schema for a super-class of the XXXSchema class
this schema is an instance of (e.g. s is TermSchema.getBaseSchema()
and this schema is an instance of ConceptSchema)
*/
protected boolean descendsFrom(ObjectSchema s) {
if (s != null) {
if (s.equals(getBaseSchema())) {
return true;
}
return super.descendsFrom(s);
}
else {
return false;
}
}
public boolean isAssignableFrom(ObjectSchema s) {
if (s != null &&
s instanceof PrimitiveSchema) {
String srcTypeName = s.getTypeName();
String destTypeName = getTypeName();
if (destTypeName.equals(srcTypeName)) {
return true;
}
}
return false;
}
}