kaos.ontology.matching
Interface InstanceClassifier

All Known Subinterfaces:

KAoSInstanceClassifier

All Known Implementing Classes:

XMLSchemaClassifier

public interface InstanceClassifier

This will act as a superclass of instance classifier. There will be more specific sublclasses of this interface. $Revision: 1.4 $

Method Summary

boolean	classify(java.lang.Object className, java.lang.Object instance, java.lang.Object classDesc, java.lang.Object instDesc) Check if the instance is in the given class range
void	init() Initializes the specific instance classifier for instance loading necessary ontologies, etc.
void	setOntologyInterfaces(OntologyInterfaces ontInterfaces) Set OntologyInterfaces.

Method Detail

classify

boolean classify(java.lang.Object className,
                 java.lang.Object instance,
                 java.lang.Object classDesc,
                 java.lang.Object instDesc)
                 throws InstanceClassifierInitializationException,
                        InstanceClassifierClassCastException,
                        UnknownConceptException

Check if the instance is in the given class range

Parameters:

className - ontology name of the class defining the range

instance - the instance to be checked

classDesc - the class description

instDesc - the instance description

Returns:

True if the instance is of the specified class, false if not.

Throws:

throws - InstanceClassifierInitializationException if the initialization of the classifier was not successful, details will be provided in the return string

InstanceClassifierInitializationException

InstanceClassifierClassCastException

UnknownConceptException

init

void init()
          throws InstanceClassifierInitializationException

Initializes the specific instance classifier for instance loading necessary ontologies, etc.

Throws:

InstanceClassifierInitializationException - if the initialization of the instance classifier was not successful, details will be provided in the return string

setOntologyInterfaces

void setOntologyInterfaces(OntologyInterfaces ontInterfaces)

Set OntologyInterfaces.

Parameters:

ontInterfaces - OntologyInterfaces to be used, if needed for instance classification.