org.jrdf.writer
Interface RdfNamespaceMap

All Known Implementing Classes:

RdfNamespaceMapImpl

public interface RdfNamespaceMap

Contains mappings between namespaces and partial URIs.

Author:

TurnerRX

Method Summary

Set<Map.Entry<String,String>>	getNameEntries() Returns the Names mapping entry set.
String	getNamespace(URIReference resource) Returns the namespace that is mapped to the resource URI (prefix), or null if the URI is not mapped.
void	load(Graph graph) Loads namespaces from the graph.
String	replaceNamespace(URIReference resource) Returns a string representing the resource URI with its URI prefix replaced by the mapped namespace.
void	reset() Reset the name and uri mappings.

Method Detail

load

void load(Graph graph)
          throws GraphException

Loads namespaces from the graph.

Parameters:

graph - Graph containing URIs to load from.

Throws:

GraphException - If the graph cannot be read.

replaceNamespace

String replaceNamespace(URIReference resource)
                        throws NamespaceException

Returns a string representing the resource URI with its URI prefix replaced by the mapped namespace.

Parameters:

resource - URIReference resource URI

Returns:

String namespaced representation of resource URI

Throws:

NamespaceException - If there is no mapping for the partial resource URI.

getNamespace

String getNamespace(URIReference resource)

Returns the namespace that is mapped to the resource URI (prefix), or null if the URI is not mapped.

Parameters:

resource - URIReference resource URI to look up.

Returns:

String mapped namespace

getNameEntries

Set<Map.Entry<String,String>> getNameEntries()

Returns the Names mapping entry set.

Returns:

name map entries.

reset

void reset()

Reset the name and uri mappings.