org.jrdf.query.relation
Interface Attribute

All Superinterfaces:

Serializable

All Known Implementing Classes:

AttributeImpl

public interface Attribute
extends Serializable

The attribute-name:type-name combination.

Version:

$Revision: 1804 $

Author:

Andrew Newman

Method Summary

AttributeName	getAttributeName() The name of the attribute - either a variable name or some assigned name.
NodeType	getType() The type of the attribute - either subject, predicate, object or URI, Literal or bnode.

Method Detail

getAttributeName

AttributeName getAttributeName()

The name of the attribute - either a variable name or some assigned name.

Returns:

the name of the attribute.

getType

NodeType getType()

The type of the attribute - either subject, predicate, object or URI, Literal or bnode. URIs, Literals and bnodes are disjoin whereas subject, predicates and objects have an type inheritance.

Returns:

the type of the attribute.