org.corpus_tools.salt.graph

Interface IGraphFactory

All Known Subinterfaces:

ISaltFactory

All Known Implementing Classes:

GraphFactoryImpl, SaltFactoryImpl

public interface IGraphFactory

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
Graph<Node,Relation<Node,Node>,Layer<Node,Relation<Node,Node>>>	createGraph() Creates a new Graph object of type GraphImpl.
Identifier	createIdentifier(IdentifiableElement container, String id) Creates a new Identifier object of type IdentifierImpl.
Label	createLabel() Creates a new Label object of type LabelImpl.
Layer<Node,Relation<Node,Node>>	createLayer() Creates a new Layer object.
Node	createNode() Creates a new Node object of type NodeImpl.
Relation<Node,Node>	createRelation() Creates a new Relation object of type RelationImpl.

Method Detail

createGraph

Graph<Node,Relation<Node,Node>,Layer<Node,Relation<Node,Node>>> createGraph()

Creates a new Graph object of type GraphImpl.

Returns:

new Graph object

createNode

Node createNode()

Creates a new Node object of type NodeImpl.

Returns:

new Node object

createRelation

Relation<Node,Node> createRelation()

Creates a new Relation object of type RelationImpl.

Returns:

new Relation object

createLabel

Label createLabel()

Creates a new Label object of type LabelImpl. The value of this label is defined to be of type String. To use another value type, use one of the other create methods createLabelXXX() or the generic method #createLabel(Class).

Returns:

new Label object

createIdentifier

Identifier createIdentifier(IdentifiableElement container,
                          String id)

Creates a new Identifier object of type IdentifierImpl. Its IdentifiableElement is set to the passed container and its id value is set to passed id.

Parameters:

container - IdentifiableElement which contains this Identifier

id - the id value of the Identifier

Returns:

new Identifier object

createLayer

Layer<Node,Relation<Node,Node>> createLayer()

Creates a new Layer object. A layer is a kind of a subgraph, which can contain nodes, relations and other layers.

Returns:

new layer object