EmpireGenerated.java

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 * Copyright (c) 2009-2010 Clark & Parsia, LLC. <http://www.clarkparsia.com>
 *
 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
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package com.clarkparsia.empire;

import org.openrdf.model.Graph;

/**
 * Interface implemented by all generated beans that track which RDF statements were used to describe the particular instance
 * in RDF, and which were used to populate the fields of this bean.  This is for Empire internal use only.
 * 
 * @author Blazej Bulka <blazej@clarkparsia.com>
 */
public interface EmpireGenerated {
	/**
	 * Gets the graph containing all the RDF statements for that instance (regardless whether they were used
	 * to populate the fields of this bean).
	 * 
	 * @return the graph
	 */
	public Graph getAllTriples();
	
	public void setAllTriples(Graph aGraph);
	
	/**
	 * Gets the graph containing the RDF statements for that instance that were used to populate this bean.
	 * 
	 * @return the graph
	 */
	public Graph getInstanceTriples();
	
	public void setInstanceTriples(Graph aGraph);
	
	/**
	 * Returns the original class/interface that was extended by Empire
	 * 
	 * @return the Java Class object
	 */
	public Class getInterfaceClass();
}