it.unimi.dico.islab.idbs2.kc.session

Class TermManager

java.lang.Object

it.unimi.dico.islab.idbs2.kc.session.TermManager

public class TermManager
extends Object

Manages object saving and querying for Term wrapper. This class contains most used interrogations (such as getTermById.

IMPORTANT: this class has no public constructor. A singleton instance of this class is contained in KCSessionManager class

Author:

Vegeziel

See Also:

Term

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
Term	getTermById(Integer id) Returns a Term given its id.
Term	getTermByKcValue(KnowledgeChunk own, String value) Returns a Term given the owner KnowledgeChunk and its String value.
protected static TermManager	getTermManager()

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Method Detail

getTermManager

protected static TermManager getTermManager()

getTermById

public Term getTermById(Integer id)

Returns a Term given its id.

Parameters:

id - the identifier of the required Term.

Returns:

the required Term having id as identifier if such Term exists, null otherwise.

getTermByKcValue

public Term getTermByKcValue(KnowledgeChunk own,
                    String value)

Returns a Term given the owner KnowledgeChunk and its String value.

Parameters:

own - The KnowledgeChunk that should have this Term in its Terminological equipment.

value - The term value. This is the "keyword" connected to the own kc.

Returns:

the found Term or null if such Term doesn't exist.