org.corpus_tools.salt.graph

Class GraphFactory

java.lang.Object

org.corpus_tools.salt.graph.GraphFactory

public class GraphFactory
extends Object

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
GraphFactory()

Method Summary

Methods

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

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

GraphFactory

public GraphFactory()

Method Detail

createGraph

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

Creates a new Graph object of type GraphImpl.

Returns:

new Graph object

createNode

public static Node createNode()

Creates a new Node object of type NodeImpl.

Returns:

new Node object

createRelation

public static Relation<Node,Node> createRelation()

Creates a new Relation object of type RelationImpl.

Returns:

new Relation object

createLabel

public static 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

public static 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

public static 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