com.franz.agbase
Interface BlankNode

All Superinterfaces:

ResourceNode, ValueNode, ValueObject

public interface BlankNode
extends ResourceNode

This interface represents an instance of a blank (anonymous) node in AllegroGraph.

BlankNode instances are created by a call to the createBNode() methods in the AllegroGraph class.

Method Summary

boolean	equals(java.lang.Object other) Implement equality for BlankNode instances.
java.lang.String	getID() Retrieve the identifying string of the BlankNode instance.
int	hashCode() Compute the hashcode of a BlankNode instance.
java.lang.String	toString() This method overrides the generic toString method.

Methods inherited from interface com.franz.agbase.ResourceNode

addProperty, getSubjectStatements

Methods inherited from interface com.franz.agbase.ValueNode

compareTo, getObjectStatements, queryAGId

Method Detail

getID

java.lang.String getID()

Retrieve the identifying string of the BlankNode instance.

This identifying string exists only in the Java application. AllegroGraph does not implement persistent labels in the triple store. The persistent label of the BlankNode instance in the triple store is determined by the AllegroGraph implementation.

toString

java.lang.String toString()

This method overrides the generic toString method. This method generates an output string of the form "_:siiiixnnn;.

Overrides:

toString in class java.lang.Object

equals

boolean equals(java.lang.Object other)

Implement equality for BlankNode instances.

Two BlankNode instances are equal if they have identical AllegroGraph part identifiers. The part id is returned by the method getAGId().

Otherwise, the string representations are compared.

Overrides:

equals in class java.lang.Object

hashCode

int hashCode()

Compute the hashcode of a BlankNode instance.

The hashcode of a BlankNode instance is the hashcode of its string representation.

Overrides:

hashCode in class java.lang.Object