edu.mit.jverbnet.data.semantics
Class ArgTypeVerbSpecific

java.lang.Object
  edu.mit.jverbnet.data.semantics.ArgTypeVerbSpecific

All Implemented Interfaces:

IVerbnetType, ISemanticArgType, IHasID

public class ArgTypeVerbSpecific
extends java.lang.Object
implements ISemanticArgType

The subtypes of verb specific argument type. The instances of this class should correspond to the elements of <xsd:simpleType name="argVerbSpecificType"> in the Verbnet xsd file.

Since:

JVerbnet 1.0.0

Version:

1.2.0

Author:

Mark A. Finlayson

Field Summary

static java.lang.String

XSD_TYPE_NAME The name of the xsd:simpleType entry that describes this verbnet type in the XSD file.

Fields inherited from interface edu.mit.jverbnet.data.IVerbnetType

FIELD_NAME_XSD_TYPE_NAME, METHOD_NAME_getById

Constructor Summary

protected

ArgTypeVerbSpecific(java.lang.String id) Constructor that creates a new frame type.

Method Summary

ArgType	getArgType() Returns the argument type of which this type is the subtype.
static ArgTypeVerbSpecific	getById(java.lang.String id) Returns the object corresponding to the specified xsd name.
java.lang.String	getID() Returns the id of the type, as defined in the xsd file.
java.lang.String	toString()

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

XSD_TYPE_NAME

public static final java.lang.String XSD_TYPE_NAME

The name of the xsd:simpleType entry that describes this verbnet type in the XSD file.

Since:

JVerbnet 1.0.0

See Also:

Constant Field Values

Constructor Detail

ArgTypeVerbSpecific

protected ArgTypeVerbSpecific(java.lang.String id)

Constructor that creates a new frame type.

Parameters:

id - The id of the value

Throws:

java.lang.NullPointerException - if the id is null

java.lang.IllegalArgumentException - if the id is empty or all whitespace

Since:

JVerbnet 1.0.0

Method Detail

getID

public java.lang.String getID()

Description copied from interface: IHasID

Returns the id of the type, as defined in the xsd file. Will never be null or empty.

Specified by:

getID in interface IHasID

Returns:

the id of the type

getArgType

public ArgType getArgType()

Description copied from interface: ISemanticArgType

Returns the argument type of which this type is the subtype. Never null.

Specified by:

getArgType in interface ISemanticArgType

Returns:

the non-null argument type of which this type is a specialization

getById

public static ArgTypeVerbSpecific getById(java.lang.String id)

Returns the object corresponding to the specified xsd name. The id is matched to values without regard to case. If no value has the specified id, a new value is created with that id and returned. If the VerbnetTypes.isPrintingIdWarnings() flag is set, the method will print a warning to standard out if there is a value with the specified id was created, or if the specified id is not exactly identical to the returned value's id (i.e., differs in case).

Parameters:

id - the id of the type value as found in the xsd file and in the xml data files.

Returns:

the type corresponding to the specified xsd name, or null if none

Throws:

java.lang.NullPointerException - if the id is null

java.lang.IllegalArgumentException - if the id is empty or all whitespace

Since:

JVerbnet 1.0.0

toString

public java.lang.String toString()

Overrides:

toString in class java.lang.Object