org.openrdf.elmo
Interface LiteralManager<URI,Literal>

All Known Implementing Classes:

SesameLiteralManager

public interface LiteralManager<URI,Literal>

Converts between literal Java Objects and Strings and maps datatypes to Classes.

Author:

James Leigh

Method Summary

Class<?>	getClass(URI datatype)
URI	getDatatype(Class<?> type) Looks up the datatype that should be used for the given Java class,
Literal	getLiteral(Object object)
Literal	getLiteral(String value, String language)
Object	getObject(Literal literal)
boolean	isTypeOfLiteral(Class<?> type)
void	recordType(Class<?> type, String datatype)
void	setClassLoader(ClassLoader cl)

Method Detail

setClassLoader

void setClassLoader(ClassLoader cl)

recordType

void recordType(Class<?> type,
                String datatype)

getDatatype

URI getDatatype(Class<?> type)

Looks up the datatype that should be used for the given Java class,

Parameters:

type -

Returns:

Datatype that should.

getClass

Class<?> getClass(URI datatype)

getLiteral

Literal getLiteral(String value,
                   String language)

getLiteral

Literal getLiteral(Object object)

getObject

Object getObject(Literal literal)

isTypeOfLiteral

boolean isTypeOfLiteral(Class<?> type)