systems.dmx.core

Interface Assoc

All Superinterfaces:

DMXObject, Identifiable, JSONEnabled

All Known Subinterfaces:

CompDef, RelatedAssoc

public interface Assoc
extends DMXObject

An association with 2 ends. At each end can be a DMXObject, that is either a Topic or another Assoc.

Author:

Jörg Richter

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
DMXObject	getDMXObject1()
DMXObject	getDMXObject2()
<O extends RelatedObject> O	getDMXObjectByRole(String roleTypeUri) TODO: rename method to "getPlayerObjectByRole"
DMXObject	getDMXObjectByType(String topicTypeUri) TODO: rename method to "getPlayerObjectByType" TODO: return
AssocModel	getModel()
long	getOtherPlayerId(long id)
Player	getPlayer1()
Player	getPlayer2()
Player	getPlayerByRole(String roleTypeUri)
boolean	hasSameRoleTypeUris()
boolean	matches(String roleTypeUri1, long playerId1, String roleTypeUri2, long playerId2) Checks if the given players match this association.

Methods inherited from interface systems.dmx.core.DMXObject

checkWriteAccess, delete, getAssoc, getAssocs, getChildTopics, getDatabaseVendorObject, getId, getProperty, getRelatedAssoc, getRelatedAssocs, getRelatedAssocs, getRelatedTopic, getRelatedTopics, getRelatedTopics, getSimpleValue, getType, getTypeUri, getUri, hasProperty, loadChildTopics, loadChildTopics, removeProperty, setProperty, setSimpleValue, setSimpleValue, setSimpleValue, setSimpleValue, setSimpleValue, setTypeUri, setUri, update, update, updateChildTopics

Methods inherited from interface systems.dmx.core.JSONEnabled

dump, toJSON

Method Detail

getPlayer1

Player getPlayer1()

getPlayer2

Player getPlayer2()

getDMXObject1

DMXObject getDMXObject1()

getDMXObject2

DMXObject getDMXObject2()

getDMXObjectByRole

<O extends RelatedObject> O getDMXObjectByRole(String roleTypeUri)

TODO: rename method to "getPlayerObjectByRole"

Returns:

this association's player which plays the given role. If there is no such player, null is returned. ### FIXDOC

If there are 2 such players an exception is thrown.

getDMXObjectByType

DMXObject getDMXObjectByType(String topicTypeUri)

TODO: rename method to "getPlayerObjectByType" TODO: return

Returns:

this association's topic which has the given type. If there is no such topic, null is returned. ### FIXDOC

If there are 2 such topics an exception is thrown.

getPlayerByRole

Player getPlayerByRole(String roleTypeUri)

Returns:

this association's player that plays the given role. If no player matches, null is returned. If both players are matching an exception is thrown.

hasSameRoleTypeUris

boolean hasSameRoleTypeUris()

matches

boolean matches(String roleTypeUri1,
                long playerId1,
                String roleTypeUri2,
                long playerId2)

Checks if the given players match this association. The given role type URIs must be different. The player position ("1" vs. "2") is not relevant.

Returns:

true if the given players match this association.

Throws:

IllegalArgumentException - if both given role type URIs are identical.

getOtherPlayerId

long getOtherPlayerId(long id)

getModel

AssocModel getModel()

Specified by:

getModel in interface DMXObject