net.sourceforge.fuzzyservices.beans
Class FactBase

java.lang.Object
  net.sourceforge.fuzzyservices.beans.FactBase

All Implemented Interfaces:

VetoableChangeListener, Serializable, EventListener

public class FactBase
extends Object
implements VetoableChangeListener, Serializable

This class represents a fact base according to JavaBeans conventions.

Version:

1.0

Author:

Uwe Weng

See Also:

FactBase, Serialized Form

Field Summary

static String	FACTS_PROPERTY Bound property name for facts.
static String	NAME_PROPERTY Bound property name for name.

Constructor Summary

FactBase()
Default FactBase constructor.

FactBase(String newName)
Constructs a new fact base with given name.

Method Summary

void	addPropertyChangeListener(PropertyChangeListener listener) Adds a PropertyChangeListener to the listener list.
Object	clone()
boolean	equals(Object obj)
Fact[]	getFacts() Returns all facts of this fact base.
Fact	getFacts(int index) Gets the fact located at the specified index of this fact base.
int	getId() Returns the technical identifier (e.g. within a database).
String	getName() Returns the name of this fact base.
int	hashCode()
void	removePropertyChangeListener(PropertyChangeListener listener) Removes a PropertyChangeListener from the listener list.
void	setFacts(Fact[] newFacts) Fills the fact base with facts.
void	setFacts(int index, Fact newFacts) Replaces the fact at the position index of the fact base.
void	setName(String newName) Sets the name of this fact base.
String	toString()
String	toString(boolean withFacts) Returns a textual representation of the fact base
void	vetoableChange(PropertyChangeEvent evt)

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

finalize, getClass, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Field Detail

NAME_PROPERTY

public static final String NAME_PROPERTY

Bound property name for name.

See Also:

Constant Field Values

FACTS_PROPERTY

public static final String FACTS_PROPERTY

Bound property name for facts.

See Also:

Constant Field Values

Constructor Detail

FactBase

public FactBase()

Default FactBase constructor.

FactBase

public FactBase(String newName)

Constructs a new fact base with given name.

Parameters:

newName - The new value for the property.

Method Detail

getId

public int getId()

Returns the technical identifier (e.g. within a database).

Returns:

the ID

getName

public String getName()

Returns the name of this fact base.

Returns:

the name property

See Also:

setName(java.lang.String)

getFacts

public Fact[] getFacts()

Returns all facts of this fact base.

Returns:

the facts property

See Also:

setFacts(Fact[])

getFacts

public Fact getFacts(int index)

Gets the fact located at the specified index of this fact base.

Parameters:

index - the position of the fact to be returned.

Returns:

the fact located at the specified index.

See Also:

setFacts(Fact[])

setName

public void setName(String newName)

Sets the name of this fact base.

Parameters:

newName - The new value for the property.

See Also:

getName()

setFacts

public void setFacts(Fact[] newFacts)
              throws IllegalArgumentException

Fills the fact base with facts.

Parameters:

newFacts - An array with facts.

Throws:

IllegalArgumentException - if a linguistic variable of a fact is not defined or if at least two facts relates to one linguistic variable

See Also:

getFacts()

setFacts

public void setFacts(int index,
                     Fact newFacts)
              throws IllegalArgumentException,
                     ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException

Replaces the fact at the position index of the fact base.

Parameters:

index - The index value into the property array.

newFacts - The new fact for the fact base.

Throws:

ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException - if index is an invalid position

IllegalArgumentException - if a linguistic variable of a fact is not defined or if at least two facts relates to one linguistic variable

See Also:

getFacts()

vetoableChange

public void vetoableChange(PropertyChangeEvent evt)
                    throws PropertyVetoException

Specified by:

vetoableChange in interface VetoableChangeListener

Throws:

PropertyVetoException

addPropertyChangeListener

public void addPropertyChangeListener(PropertyChangeListener listener)

Adds a PropertyChangeListener to the listener list. The listener is registered for all properties.

A PropertyChangeEvent will get fired in response to setting a bound property.

Parameters:

listener - the PropertyChangeListener to be added

removePropertyChangeListener

public void removePropertyChangeListener(PropertyChangeListener listener)

Removes a PropertyChangeListener from the listener list. This removes a PropertyChangeListener that was registered for all properties.

Parameters:

listener - the PropertyChangeListener to be removed

clone

public Object clone()

Overrides:

clone in class Object

equals

public final boolean equals(Object obj)

Overrides:

equals in class Object

hashCode

public int hashCode()

Overrides:

hashCode in class Object

toString

public String toString()

Overrides:

toString in class Object

toString

public String toString(boolean withFacts)

Returns a textual representation of the fact base

Parameters:

withFacts - true if all fact definitions are also returned, false otherwise.

Returns:

a string representation of the fact base

See Also:

Fact.toString()