001/*
002 * (C) Copyright 2006-2007 Nuxeo SA (http://nuxeo.com/) and others.
003 *
004 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
005 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
006 * You may obtain a copy of the License at
007 *
008 *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
009 *
010 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
011 * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
012 * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
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014 * limitations under the License.
015 *
016 * Contributors:
017 *     Nuxeo - initial API and implementation
018 *
019 * $Id: Statement.java 19480 2007-05-27 10:46:28Z sfermigier $
020 */
021
022package org.nuxeo.ecm.platform.relations.api;
023
024import java.io.Serializable;
025import java.util.Map;
026
027/**
028 * Statement interface.
029 *
030 * @author <a href="mailto:at@nuxeo.com">Anahide Tchertchian</a>
031 */
032public interface Statement extends Comparable<Statement>, Serializable, Cloneable {
033
034    Node getObject();
035
036    void setObject(Node object);
037
038    Resource getPredicate();
039
040    void setPredicate(Node predicate);
041
042    Subject getSubject();
043
044    void setSubject(Node subject);
045
046    // property (statement metadata) management
047
048    Map<Resource, Node[]> getProperties();
049
050    Map<String, Node[]> getStringProperties();
051
052    Node getProperty(Resource property);
053
054    Node[] getProperties(Resource property);
055
056    void setProperties(Map<Resource, Node[]> properties);
057
058    void setProperty(Resource property, Node value);
059
060    void setProperties(Resource property, Node[] values);
061
062    void deleteProperties();
063
064    void deleteProperty(Resource property);
065
066    void deleteProperty(Resource property, Node value);
067
068    void deleteProperties(Resource property, Node[] values);
069
070    void addProperties(Map<Resource, Node[]> properties);
071
072    void addProperty(Resource property, Node value);
073
074    void addProperties(Resource property, Node[] values);
075
076    Object clone();
077
078}