org.semwebcentral.sweetrules.infrastructure
Interface ISweetComponentRepositoryManager

All Known Implementing Classes:

SweetComponentRepositoryManager

public interface ISweetComponentRepositoryManager

The component manager class to manage various components like inference engines, translator etc

Modified on: Aug 26, 2004, 4:44:32 PM

Author:

Shashidhara K Ganjugunte, Dr. Benjamin Grosof, Dr. Said Tabet, Chitravanu Neogy

Method Summary

void	addComponent(java.lang.Object component, boolean overWrite) This adds a component belonging to the specified componentRepositoryClass
java.lang.Object	getComponent(java.lang.Object componentDescriptor) Returns the component specified by the descriptor
java.lang.Object[]	searchCompositeComponent(java.lang.Object componentDescriptor) Performs a search on the components and returns the match This considers transitive closure
java.lang.Object[]	searchSimpleComponent(java.lang.Object componentDescriptor) Performs a search on the components and returns the match This does not consider transitive closure

Method Detail

addComponent

public void addComponent(java.lang.Object component,
                         boolean overWrite)
                  throws SweetException

This adds a component belonging to the specified componentRepositoryClass

Parameters:

component - The component to be added

overWrite - If true it specifies that if the object exists then it should be overWritten

Throws:

SweetException - If either component/componentRepository class is unsupported or
if overWrite is false and the object exists

getComponent

public java.lang.Object getComponent(java.lang.Object componentDescriptor)
                              throws SweetException

Returns the component specified by the descriptor

Parameters:

componentDescriptor - The descriptor of the component desired

Returns:

The desired component if it exists null otherwise

Throws:

SweetException - if the descriptor type is unknown

searchSimpleComponent

public java.lang.Object[] searchSimpleComponent(java.lang.Object componentDescriptor)
                                         throws SweetException

Performs a search on the components and returns the match This does not consider transitive closure

Parameters:

componentDescriptor - The descriptor of the component to be searched

Returns:

The component(s) matching the search

Throws:

SweetException

searchCompositeComponent

public java.lang.Object[] searchCompositeComponent(java.lang.Object componentDescriptor)
                                            throws SweetException

Performs a search on the components and returns the match This considers transitive closure

Parameters:

componentDescriptor - The descriptor of the component to be searched

Returns:

The component(s) matching the search

Throws:

SweetException