com.hp.hpl.jena.rdf.model
Interface ResourceFactory.Interface

Enclosing class:

ResourceFactory

public static interface ResourceFactory.Interface

the interface to resource factory objects.

Method Summary

Literal	createPlainLiteral(String string) Answer a plain (untyped) literal with no language and the given content.
Property	createProperty(String uriref) create a new property.
Property	createProperty(String namespace, String localName) create a new property.
Resource	createResource() create a new anonymous resource.
Resource	createResource(String uriref) create a new resource.
Statement	createStatement(Resource subject, Property predicate, RDFNode object) create a new statement.
Literal	createTypedLiteral(Object value) Answer a typed literal.
Literal	createTypedLiteral(String string, RDFDatatype datatype) Answer a typed literal.

Method Detail

createResource

Resource createResource()

create a new anonymous resource.

Returns:

a new anonymous resource

createResource

Resource createResource(String uriref)

create a new resource.

Parameters:

uriref - URIREF of the resource

Returns:

a new resource

createPlainLiteral

Literal createPlainLiteral(String string)

Answer a plain (untyped) literal with no language and the given content.

Parameters:

string - the string which forms the value of the literal

Returns:

a Literal node with that string as value

createTypedLiteral

Literal createTypedLiteral(String string,
                           RDFDatatype datatype)

Answer a typed literal.

Parameters:

string - the string which forms the value of the literal

datatype - RDFDatatype of the type literal

Returns:

a Literal node with that string as value

createTypedLiteral

Literal createTypedLiteral(Object value)

Answer a typed literal.

Parameters:

value - a java Object, the default RDFDatatype for that object will be used

Returns:

a Literal node with that value

createProperty

Property createProperty(String uriref)

create a new property.

Parameters:

uriref - URIREF of the property

Returns:

a new property

createProperty

Property createProperty(String namespace,
                        String localName)

create a new property.

Parameters:

namespace - uriref of the namespace

localName - localname of the property

Returns:

a new property

createStatement

Statement createStatement(Resource subject,
                          Property predicate,
                          RDFNode object)

create a new statement.

Parameters:

subject - subject of the new statement

predicate - predicate of the new statement

object - object of the new statement

Returns:

a new statement