org.jrdf.graph
Interface Alternative

All Superinterfaces:

Collection, Container

All Known Implementing Classes:

AlternativeImpl

public interface Alternative

extends Container

An Alt is a list of unordered statements which prevents duplicates. It represents objects which are semantically the same. The order in which the objects go in may not be the order in which they are returned.

Version:

$Revision: 1.1 $

Author:

Andrew Newman

Method Summary

boolean	addAll(Collection c)
boolean	containsAll(Collection c)
boolean	removeAll(Collection c)
boolean	retainAll(Collection c)

Methods inherited from interface org.jrdf.graph.Container

add, remove

Methods inherited from interface java.util.Collection

clear, contains, equals, hashCode, isEmpty, iterator, size, toArray, toArray

Method Detail

containsAll

public boolean containsAll(Collection c)
                    throws IllegalArgumentException

Specified by:

containsAll in interface Collection

Parameters:

c -

Throws:

IllegalArgumentException - if the given object is not the correct type, Alternative.

addAll

public boolean addAll(Collection c)
               throws IllegalArgumentException

Specified by:

addAll in interface Collection

Parameters:

c -

Throws:

IllegalArgumentException - if the given object is not the correct type, Alternative.

removeAll

public boolean removeAll(Collection c)
                  throws IllegalArgumentException

Specified by:

removeAll in interface Collection

Parameters:

c -

Throws:

IllegalArgumentException - if the given object is not the correct type, Alternative.

retainAll

public boolean retainAll(Collection c)
                  throws IllegalArgumentException

Specified by:

retainAll in interface Collection

Parameters:

c -

Throws:

IllegalArgumentException - if the given object is not the correct type, Alternative.