package uk.ac.manchester.cs.jfact.datatypes;
/* This file is part of the JFact DL reasoner
Copyright 2011-2013 by Ignazio Palmisano, Dmitry Tsarkov, University of Manchester
This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
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/**
* @author ignazio
* @param <T>
* type
*/
public interface Facet<T extends Comparable<T>> {
/**
* This is a convenience method that enables each facet to parse its values
* without client code having to worry whether the values are literals or
* strings - the typing is known to the facet implementation
*
* @param value
* value
* @return value that is assigned to this facet
*/
T parseNumber(Object value);
/**
* @param value
* value
* @return the typed value for value
*/
@SuppressWarnings("rawtypes")
Comparable parse(Object value);
/** @return true if number facet */
boolean isNumberFacet();
/** @return the facet uri */
String getURI();
}