org.lappsgrid.discriminator

Interface Discriminator

All Known Implementing Classes:

DiscriminatorImpl

public interface Discriminator

Discriminator objects are used to provide type information about Data objects passed between LAPPS services.

Discriminators support multiple inheritance and a Discriminator may have one or more parents.

Author:

Keith Suderman

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
Set<Discriminator>	getAncestors()
long	getId()
String	getName()
String	getUri()
boolean	isa(Discriminator discriminator)

Method Detail

getId

long getId()

getUri

String getUri()

getName

String getName()

isa

boolean isa(Discriminator discriminator)

getAncestors

Set<Discriminator> getAncestors()