net.sf.openschema

Class EmptyOntology

java.lang.Object

net.sf.openschema.EmptyOntology

All Implemented Interfaces:

Ontology

public class EmptyOntology
extends Object
implements Ontology

An implementation of the Ontology interface where each concept is in a separate class.

Author:

Pablo Ariel Duboue

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
EmptyOntology()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
double	distance(Object concept1, Object concept2) Return 0.0 only when concept1 equals concept2 (1.0 otherwise) .
boolean	isA(Object child, Object parent) Returns true only with child equals parent.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

EmptyOntology

public EmptyOntology()

Method Detail

isA

public boolean isA(Object child,
                   Object parent)

Returns true only with child equals parent.

Specified by:

isA in interface Ontology

distance

public double distance(Object concept1,
                       Object concept2)

Return 0.0 only when concept1 equals concept2 (1.0 otherwise) .

Specified by:

distance in interface Ontology