org.openrdf.model
Interface Literal

All Superinterfaces:

java.lang.Comparable, java.io.Serializable, Value

All Known Subinterfaces:

EncodedLiteral, Literal

public interface Literal
extends Value

An RDF literal consisting of a label (the value) and optionally a language tag or a datatype (but not both).

Method Summary

URI	getDatatype() Gets the datatype for this literal.
java.lang.String	getLabel() Gets the label of this literal.
java.lang.String	getLanguage() Gets the language tag for this literal, normalized to lowercase.

Methods inherited from interface org.openrdf.model.Value

getObjectStatements

Methods inherited from interface java.lang.Comparable

compareTo

Method Detail

getLabel

java.lang.String getLabel()

Gets the label of this literal.

Returns:

The literal's label.

getLanguage

java.lang.String getLanguage()

Gets the language tag for this literal, normalized to lowercase.

Returns:

The language tag for this literal, or null if it doesn't have one.

getDatatype

URI getDatatype()

Gets the datatype for this literal.

Returns:

The datatype for this literal, or null if it doesn't have one.