Package org.openprovenance.prov.model
Interface Entity
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- All Superinterfaces:
Element
,HasLabel
,HasLocation
,HasOther
,HasType
,HasValue
,Identifiable
,Statement
,StatementOrBundle
- All Known Implementing Classes:
Entity
public interface Entity extends Identifiable, HasLabel, HasType, HasLocation, Statement, HasValue, HasOther, Element
Interface for the PROV Entity complex type.
PROV-DM Definition for Entity: An entity is a physical, digital, conceptual, or other kind of thing with some fixed aspects; entities may be real or imaginary.
The constructor method
ProvFactory.newEntity(QualifiedName)
can be used to create an instance ofEntity
. The following code snippet creates a new entity statement, with a location attribute "London". The entity is given an identifiermyId
.QualifiedName myId= ... ; // some qualified name Entity myEntity=provFactory.newEntity(myId) myEntity.getLocation().add(provFactory.newLocation("London"))
Relevant Factory Methods:
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ProvFactory.newEntity(QualifiedName)
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ProvFactory.newEntity(QualifiedName, java.util.Collection)
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ObjectFactory.createEntity()
Schema Definition:
The following schema fragment specifies the expected content contained within this type.
<complexType name="Entity"> <complexContent> <restriction base="{http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema}anyType"> <sequence> <element ref="{http://www.w3.org/ns/prov#}label" maxOccurs="unbounded" minOccurs="0"/> <element ref="{http://www.w3.org/ns/prov#}location" maxOccurs="unbounded" minOccurs="0"/> <element ref="{http://www.w3.org/ns/prov#}type" maxOccurs="unbounded" minOccurs="0"/> <element ref="{http://www.w3.org/ns/prov#}value" minOccurs="0"/> <any processContents='skip' namespace='##other' maxOccurs="unbounded" minOccurs="0"/> </sequence> <attribute ref="{http://www.w3.org/ns/prov#}id"/> </restriction> </complexContent> </complexType>
- See Also:
- PROV-DM Entity, PROV-O Entity, PROV-N Entity, PROV-XML Entity, PROV-JSON Entity
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Nested Class Summary
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Nested classes/interfaces inherited from interface org.openprovenance.prov.model.StatementOrBundle
StatementOrBundle.Kind
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Method Summary
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Methods inherited from interface org.openprovenance.prov.model.HasLocation
getLocation
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Methods inherited from interface org.openprovenance.prov.model.Identifiable
getId, setId
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Methods inherited from interface org.openprovenance.prov.model.StatementOrBundle
getKind
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