kaos.ontology.matching
Interface KAoSInstanceClassifier

All Superinterfaces:

InstanceClassifier

All Known Implementing Classes:

XMLSchemaClassifier

public interface KAoSInstanceClassifier
extends InstanceClassifier

This is a more specific extension of instance classifier. This will classify instances that are strings and instance descriptions that are kaos instances. $Revision: 1.2 $

Method Summary

boolean

classify(java.lang.String className, java.lang.String instance, ClassDescription classDesc, KAoSInstance instDesc) Check if the instance is in the given class range

Methods inherited from interface kaos.ontology.matching.InstanceClassifier

classify, init, setOntologyInterfaces

Method Detail

classify

boolean classify(java.lang.String className,
                 java.lang.String instance,
                 ClassDescription classDesc,
                 KAoSInstance instDesc)
                 throws InstanceClassifierInitializationException,
                        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

UnknownConceptException