net.sourceforge.gxl
Class GXLType

java.lang.Object
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public class GXLType

extends GXLElement

Represents the GXL type element.

The type element is used in conjuction with a GXL schema to define types of graphs, nodes etc. The URI of a type element must always point to a GXL schema entity. If types are used, then all elements in the GXL graph MUST be typed and point to the SAME GXL schema.

Children
The type element may not contain any children.

Attributes
xlink:type - Fixed string = "simple" xlink:href - Required uri pointing to a GXL schema.

See Also:

GXLTypedElement

Constructor Summary

GXLType(URI uri)
Creates a new GXLType element.

Method Summary

boolean	equals(Object o) Compares this type to another object.
URI	getURI() Returns the URI of this type.
void	setURI(URI uri) Sets the URI of this type.

Methods inherited from class net.sourceforge.gxl.GXLElement

add, getAttribute, getChildAt, getChildCount, getDocument, getParent, indexOf, insert, remove, setAttribute

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

GXLType

public GXLType(URI uri)

Creates a new GXLType element.

Parameters:

uri - A URI pointing to a GXL schema.

Method Detail

getURI

public URI getURI()

Returns the URI of this type.

Returns:

The URI of this type.

setURI

public void setURI(URI uri)

Sets the URI of this type.

Parameters:

uri - The new URI.

equals

public boolean equals(Object o)

Compares this type to another object. Equality is defined as using the URI class' equals method.

Overrides:

equals in class Object

Parameters:

o - The object to compare this type to.

Returns:

Whether the specified object is considered equal to this one.

Throws:

ClassCastException - If the specified object is not an instance of GXLType.