org.eclipse.higgins.framework.idas
Interface IDigitalSubject

public interface IDigitalSubject

As defined at http://spwiki.editme.com/DigitalSubjectM4 and http://spwiki.editme.com/ContextProvider, This interface holds a set of IDigitalSubject objects.

Author:

jimse@novell.com

Method Summary

IAttribute	getAttribute(URI attrID) Return specified attribute of this IDigitalSubject
Iterable<IAttribute>	getAttributes() Return all attributes of this IDigitalSubject
String	getType() Retruns the type of this DigitalSubject. As all DigitalSubjects are required to have a type attribute, this is a shortcut for calling getAttribute("").
String	getUniqueID() Returns the Contextually Unique Identifier of this DigitalSubject

Method Detail

getAttributes

Iterable<IAttribute> getAttributes()

Return all attributes of this IDigitalSubject

Returns:

An Iterable object for IAttributes.

getAttribute

IAttribute getAttribute(URI attrID)

Return specified attribute of this IDigitalSubject

Parameters:

attrID - The identifier of the attribute to be returned.

Returns:

An IAttribute or null if none exits.

getUniqueID

String getUniqueID()

Returns the Contextually Unique Identifier of this DigitalSubject

Returns:

Contextually Unique Identifier of this DigitalSubject

getType

String getType()

Retruns the type of this DigitalSubject.
As all DigitalSubjects are required to have a type attribute, this is a shortcut for calling getAttribute("").

Returns:

The type of this DigitalSubject.