org.openanzo.glitter.rdf
Interface IPlainLiteralTerm

All Superinterfaces:

ILiteralTerm

All Known Implementing Classes:

Literal, PlainLiteral

public interface IPlainLiteralTerm
extends ILiteralTerm

All IPlainLiteralTerm should return true for ILiteralTerm.isPlainLiteral(). However, isPlainLiteral trumps instanceof for determining if something is a plain literal.

Author:

Matthew Roy ( mroy@cambridgesemantics.com )

Method Summary

java.lang.String	getLanguage()
boolean	hasLanguage()

Methods inherited from interface org.openanzo.glitter.rdf.ILiteralTerm

getLexicalForm, isPlainLiteral, isTypedLiteral

Method Detail

getLanguage

java.lang.String getLanguage()

Returns:

The language tag for this plain literal. May be null, unless hasLanguage() returns true.

hasLanguage

boolean hasLanguage()

Returns:

whether or not this literal has a language tag