Package org.gcube.informationsystem.types.reference.entities

Interface EntityType

All Superinterfaces:

Element, EntityElement, IdentifiableElement, Serializable, Type

All Known Subinterfaces:

FacetType, ResourceType

All Known Implementing Classes:

EntityTypeImpl, FacetTypeImpl, ResourceTypeImpl

@TypeMetadata(name="EntityType",
              description="This type provides information for any EntityType",
              version="1.0.0")
@Change(version="1.0.0",
        description="First Version")
public interface EntityType
extends Type, EntityElement

The base interface for all entity type definitions.

Author:

Luca Frosini (ISTI - CNR)

Field Summary

Fields

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

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

DATETIME_PATTERN, TYPE_PROPERTY

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

ID_PROPERTY, METADATA_PROPERTY

Fields inherited from interface org.gcube.informationsystem.types.reference.Type

ABSTRACT_PROPERTY, CHANGELOG_PROPERTY, DESCRIPTION_PROPERTY, EXTENDED_TYPES_PROPERTY, FINAL_PROPERTY, NAME_PROPERTY, PROPERTIES_PROPERTY, VERSION_PROPERTY

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
String	getDescription()	Returns the description of the type.
Set<String>	getExtendedTypes()	Returns the set of types that this type extends.
String	getName()	Returns the name of the type.
boolean	isAbstract()	Checks if the type is abstract.

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.types.reference.Type

getAccessType, getChangelog, getChangelogWithVersionAsString, getID, getMetadata, getProperties, getVersion, getVersionAsString, isFinal, setID, setMetadata

Field Details

NAME

static final String NAME

The name of the EntityType.

See Also:

• Constant Field Values

Method Details

getName

@ISProperty(name="name",
            readonly=true,
            mandatory=true,
            nullable=false)
String getName()

Returns the name of the type.

Specified by:

getName in interface Type

Returns:

The type name.

getDescription

@ISProperty(name="description",
            readonly=false,
            mandatory=true,
            nullable=false)
String getDescription()

Returns the description of the type.

Specified by:

getDescription in interface Type

Returns:

The type description.

isAbstract

@ISProperty(name="abstract",
            mandatory=true,
            nullable=false)
boolean isAbstract()

Checks if the type is abstract.

Specified by:

isAbstract in interface Type

Returns:

true if the type is abstract, false otherwise.

getExtendedTypes

@ISProperty(name="extendedTypes",
            readonly=true,
            mandatory=true,
            nullable=false)
Set<String> getExtendedTypes()

Returns the set of types that this type extends.

Specified by:

getExtendedTypes in interface Type

Returns:

A set of parent type names.