org.protempa

Class PrimitiveParameterDefinition

java.lang.Object

org.protempa.AbstractPropositionDefinition

org.protempa.PrimitiveParameterDefinition

All Implemented Interfaces:

Serializable, ParameterDefinition, PropositionDefinition, PropositionDefinitionCheckedVisitable, PropositionDefinitionVisitable, TemporalPropositionDefinition

public final class PrimitiveParameterDefinition
extends AbstractPropositionDefinition
implements TemporalPropositionDefinition, ParameterDefinition

Defines measurable or observable time-stamped data types.

Author:

Andrew Post

See Also:

Serialized Form

Field Summary

Fields

Modifier and Type	Field and Description
static ValueType	DEFAULT_VALUE_TYPE The default value factory (ValueFactory.NOMINAL).

Fields inherited from class org.protempa.AbstractPropositionDefinition

changes, children, CHILDREN_PROPERTY

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
PrimitiveParameterDefinition(String id)

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
void	accept(PropositionDefinitionVisitor visitor) Performs some processing on a proposition definition.
void	acceptChecked(PropositionDefinitionCheckedVisitor visitor) Performs some processing on this proposition definition.
String	getUnits() Returns the units for values of this primitive parameter.
ValueType	getValueType() Gets the value factory for this primitive parameter definition.
boolean	isConcatenable() By definition, primitive parameters are not concatenable.
boolean	isSolid() By definition, primitive parameters are solid.
protected void	recalculateChildren()
void	reset() Resets this proposition definition to default values.
void	setUnits(String units) Sets the units for values of this primitive parameter.
void	setValueType(ValueType vf) Sets the value factory for this primitive parameter definition.
String	toString()

Methods inherited from class org.protempa.AbstractPropositionDefinition

addPropertyChangeListener, addPropertyChangeListener, attribute, getAbbreviatedDisplayName, getAccessed, getAttributes, getChildren, getCreated, getDescription, getDisplayName, getDownloaded, getId, getInDataSource, getInverseIsA, getPropertyDefinitions, getPropositionId, getReferenceDefinitions, getSourceId, getTermIds, getUpdated, getVersion, propertyDefinition, referenceDefinition, removePropertyChangeListener, removePropertyChangeListener, setAbbreviatedDisplayName, setAccessed, setAttributes, setCreated, setDescription, setDisplayName, setDownloaded, setInDataSource, setInverseIsA, setPropertyDefinitions, setPropositionId, setReferenceDefinitions, setSourceId, setTermIds, setUpdated, setVersion

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Methods inherited from interface org.protempa.PropositionDefinition

addPropertyChangeListener, addPropertyChangeListener, attribute, getAbbreviatedDisplayName, getAccessed, getAttributes, getChildren, getCreated, getDescription, getDisplayName, getDownloaded, getId, getInDataSource, getInverseIsA, getPropertyDefinitions, getPropositionId, getReferenceDefinitions, getSourceId, getTermIds, getUpdated, getVersion, propertyDefinition, referenceDefinition, removePropertyChangeListener, removePropertyChangeListener

Field Detail

DEFAULT_VALUE_TYPE

public static final ValueType DEFAULT_VALUE_TYPE

The default value factory (ValueFactory.NOMINAL).

Constructor Detail

PrimitiveParameterDefinition

public PrimitiveParameterDefinition(String id)

Method Detail

getValueType

public ValueType getValueType()

Gets the value factory for this primitive parameter definition.

Specified by:

getValueType in interface ParameterDefinition

Returns:

a ValueFactory, guaranteed not to be null.

setValueType

public void setValueType(ValueType vf)

Sets the value factory for this primitive parameter definition.

Parameters:

vf - a ValueFactory. If null, the default value factory (defined by DEFAULT_VALUE_FACTORY is set.

getUnits

public String getUnits()

Returns the units for values of this primitive parameter.

Returns:

a units String.

setUnits

public void setUnits(String units)

Sets the units for values of this primitive parameter.

Parameters:

units - a units String.

reset

public void reset()

Description copied from class: AbstractPropositionDefinition

Resets this proposition definition to default values.

Overrides:

reset in class AbstractPropositionDefinition

accept

public void accept(PropositionDefinitionVisitor visitor)

Description copied from interface: PropositionDefinitionVisitable

Performs some processing on a proposition definition.

Specified by:

accept in interface PropositionDefinitionVisitable

acceptChecked

public void acceptChecked(PropositionDefinitionCheckedVisitor visitor)
                   throws ProtempaException

Description copied from interface: PropositionDefinitionCheckedVisitable

Performs some processing on this proposition definition.

Specified by:

acceptChecked in interface PropositionDefinitionCheckedVisitable

Throws:

ProtempaException

isConcatenable

public boolean isConcatenable()

By definition, primitive parameters are not concatenable.

Specified by:

isConcatenable in interface PropositionDefinition

Returns:

false.

See Also:

PropositionDefinition.isConcatenable()

isSolid

public boolean isSolid()

By definition, primitive parameters are solid.

Specified by:

isSolid in interface PropositionDefinition

Returns:

true.

See Also:

PropositionDefinition.isSolid()

recalculateChildren

protected void recalculateChildren()

Specified by:

recalculateChildren in class AbstractPropositionDefinition

toString

public String toString()

Overrides:

toString in class AbstractPropositionDefinition