edu.stanford.smi.protegex.owl.ui.actions.triple
Interface TripleAction

All Superinterfaces:

IconOwner

All Known Implementing Classes:

AbstractTripleAction

public interface TripleAction

extends IconOwner

An object representing an "action" that can be performed on a given Triple. Instances of this class can be added to context menus of single property values. A typical use case for this is to add right-click menu items to the TriplesTable.

Author:

Holger Knublauch

Method Summary

String	getGroup() Gets an (optional) group name, allowing tools to display action items in groups.
String	getName() Gets the name of the action to appear on screen.
boolean	isSuitable(Triple triple) Tests if this action can be applied to a given Triple.
void	run(Triple triple) Performs the action to a given Triple.

Methods inherited from interface edu.stanford.smi.protegex.owl.ui.actions.IconOwner

getIconFileName, getIconResourceClass

Method Detail

getGroup

public String getGroup()

Gets an (optional) group name, allowing tools to display action items in groups.

Returns:

a group name or null

getName

public String getName()

Gets the name of the action to appear on screen.

Returns:

the name of this action (should not be null)

isSuitable

public boolean isSuitable(Triple triple)

Tests if this action can be applied to a given Triple.

Parameters:

triple - the Triple to apply this to

Returns:

true if this can be applied to triple

run

public void run(Triple triple)

Performs the action to a given Triple.

Parameters:

triple - the Triple to operate on