Package org.gcube.informationsystem.model.reference.entities

Interface Entity

All Superinterfaces:

Element, EntityElement, ERElement, IdentifiableElement, ModelElement, Serializable

All Known Subinterfaces:

Facet, Resource

All Known Implementing Classes:

DummyFacet, DummyResource, EntityImpl, FacetImpl, ResourceImpl

@TypeMetadata(name="Entity",
              description="This is the base type for any Entity",
              version="1.0.0")
@Change(version="1.0.0",
        description="First Version")
public interface Entity
extends EntityElement, ERElement

The base interface for all entities in the facet-based resource model, such as Resource and Facet.

An entity is an identifiable element within the ER model. This interface serves as a common abstract type for all such elements. For more details, refer to the gCube Facet Based Resource Model Wiki.

Author:

Luca Frosini (ISTI - CNR)

See Also:

• EntityElement
• ERElement
• Resource
• Facet

Field Summary

Fields

Modifier and Type	Field	Description
static final String	NAME	The name of the entity type.

Fields inherited from interface org.gcube.informationsystem.base.reference.Element

DATETIME_PATTERN, TYPE_PROPERTY

Fields inherited from interface org.gcube.informationsystem.model.reference.ERElement

CONTEXTS_PROPERTY

Fields inherited from interface org.gcube.informationsystem.base.reference.IdentifiableElement

ID_PROPERTY, METADATA_PROPERTY

Fields inherited from interface org.gcube.informationsystem.model.reference.ModelElement

EXPECTED_TYPE_PROPERTY, SUPERTYPES_PROPERTY

Method Summary

Methods inherited from interface org.gcube.informationsystem.base.reference.Element

getTypeName

Methods inherited from interface org.gcube.informationsystem.base.reference.entities.EntityElement

getID, getMetadata, setID, setMetadata

Methods inherited from interface org.gcube.informationsystem.model.reference.ERElement

getContexts

Methods inherited from interface org.gcube.informationsystem.model.reference.ModelElement

getExpectedtype, getSupertypes

Field Details

NAME

static final String NAME

The name of the entity type.

See Also:

• Constant Field Values