net.sourceforge.nite.meta
Interface NPointer

All Known Implementing Classes:
NitePointer

public interface NPointer

Information about a Pointer.

Author:
jonathan

Method Summary
 java.lang.String getNumber()
          returns the 'number' of this pointer - normally either '1' or '+' meaning 'exactly 1' and 'one or more' respectively
 java.lang.String getRole()
          returns the role of this pointer
 java.lang.String getTarget()
          returns the target of the pointer as a String.
 NLayer getTargetLayer()
          returns the target layer of the pointer as a NLayer.
 

Method Detail

getRole

java.lang.String getRole()
returns the role of this pointer


getTarget

java.lang.String getTarget()
returns the target of the pointer as a String. This will either be the name of a layer in a coding or corpus resource, or the name of an ontology or object set.


getNumber

java.lang.String getNumber()
returns the 'number' of this pointer - normally either '1' or '+' meaning 'exactly 1' and 'one or more' respectively


getTargetLayer

NLayer getTargetLayer()
returns the target layer of the pointer as a NLayer.