edu.udo.cs.miningmart.m4.utils
Class InterM4OperatorAssertion

java.lang.Object
  edu.udo.cs.miningmart.m4.utils.InterM4Communicator
      edu.udo.cs.miningmart.m4.utils.InterM4OperatorAssertion

public class InterM4OperatorAssertion
extends InterM4Communicator

Helper class for standard communication between Operator (container) and Assertion.

Version:

$Id: InterM4OperatorAssertion.java,v 1.4 2006/09/27 14:59:55 euler Exp $

Author:

Martin Scholz

Constructor Summary

InterM4OperatorAssertion()

Method Summary

java.util.Collection	getCollection(java.lang.Object operator) Each container object contains a collection, which has to be backed, so an "add" or "remove" to the collection results in a corresponding "add" or "remove" to the underlying container data structure.
java.lang.Object	getSingleRef(M4Object assertion) The M4Object different from the container object needs to have a reference to the container class.

Methods inherited from class edu.udo.cs.miningmart.m4.utils.InterM4Communicator

add, checkNameExists, remove, setCollectionTo, updateReferenceTo

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

InterM4OperatorAssertion

public InterM4OperatorAssertion()

Method Detail

getSingleRef

public java.lang.Object getSingleRef(M4Object assertion)
                              throws M4Exception

Description copied from class: InterM4Communicator

The M4Object different from the container object needs to have a reference to the container class.

Parameters:

assertion - an Assertion

Returns:

the Assertion's Operator

Throws:

M4Exception

See Also:

InterM4Communicator.getSingleRef(M4Object)

getCollection

public java.util.Collection getCollection(java.lang.Object operator)
                                   throws M4Exception

Description copied from class: InterM4Communicator

Each container object contains a collection, which has to be backed, so an "add" or "remove" to the collection results in a corresponding "add" or "remove" to the underlying container data structure. This method must never return null, but a backed empty Collection instead!

Parameters:

operator - an Operator

Returns:

the Operator's Collection of Assertions

Throws:

M4Exception

See Also:

InterM4Communicator#getCollection(M4Object)