org.jscience.bibliography.candy
Interface CandyFinder

All Superinterfaces:

java.util.EventListener, java.beans.PropertyChangeListener

public interface CandyFinder
extends java.beans.PropertyChangeListener

This interface is a main entry point to a set of controlled vocabularies.

The implementation is supposed to behave as a Java bean (usually an invisible bean unless it implements some additional GUI methods which are not defined in this interface).

Field Summary

static java.lang.String	DEFAULT_FINDER_NAME A default name of this (and any) finder.
static java.lang.String	PROP_VOCABULARY A property name.

Method Summary

void	connect() *********************************************************************** It creates a connection to an object representing a vocabulary finder, or/and it makes all necessary initialization steps needed for further communication.
void	disconnect() *********************************************************************** It closes connection with the finder object.
CandyVocabulary[]	getAllVocabularies() ********************************************************************** It returns all available vocabularies.
java.lang.String[]	getAllVocabularyNames() ********************************************************************** It returns names of all vocabularies known to this vocabulary finder.
java.lang.String	getFinderName() ********************************************************************** It returns a name of this vocabulary finder.
int	getNumCount() ********************************************************************** It returns the number of available vocabularies.
CandyVocabulary	getVocabularyByName(java.lang.String name) ********************************************************************** It returns a selected vocabulary.
boolean	isReady() *********************************************************************** It checks if a vocabulary finder object is available.

Methods inherited from interface java.beans.PropertyChangeListener

propertyChange

Field Detail

DEFAULT_FINDER_NAME

static final java.lang.String DEFAULT_FINDER_NAME

A default name of this (and any) finder. It is used when no other name was given by the finder implementation.

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Constant Field Values

PROP_VOCABULARY

static final java.lang.String PROP_VOCABULARY

A property name.

Its value is of type CandyVocabulary. It this property is set a given vocabulary becomes part of this finder.

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Constant Field Values

Method Detail

connect

void connect()
             throws NestedException

***********************************************************************

It creates a connection to an object representing a vocabulary finder, or/and it makes all necessary initialization steps needed for further communication.

However, there should be no need to call this method explicitly, the other methods should do it automatically before they need to use the finder.

Throws:

NestedException - if the connection/initialization cannot be established ***********************************************************************

isReady

boolean isReady()

*********************************************************************** It checks if a vocabulary finder object is available. The semantic of availabledepends on the implementation. ***********************************************************************

disconnect

void disconnect()

*********************************************************************** It closes connection with the finder object. Implementations may choose to use this method for freeing resources. ***********************************************************************

getAllVocabularyNames

java.lang.String[] getAllVocabularyNames()
                                         throws NestedException

**********************************************************************

It returns names of all vocabularies known to this vocabulary finder. Any of the returned names can be later used in the method getVocabularyByName.

Returns:

a list of available vocabulary names

Throws:

NestedException - if the finder fails to communicate with its vocabularies ***********************************************************************

getVocabularyByName

CandyVocabulary getVocabularyByName(java.lang.String name)
                                    throws NestedException

********************************************************************** It returns a selected vocabulary.

Parameters:

name - a name of a vocabulary to be returned

Returns:

a selected vocabulary

Throws:

NestedException - when the vocabulary cannot be found (likely the given name is wrong) ***********************************************************************

See Also:

getAllVocabularyNames()

getAllVocabularies

CandyVocabulary[] getAllVocabularies()
                                     throws NestedException

********************************************************************** It returns all available vocabularies.

Returns:

all available vocabularies

Throws:

NestedException - if the finder fails to communicate with its vocabularies ***********************************************************************

getNumCount

int getNumCount()
                throws NestedException

********************************************************************** It returns the number of available vocabularies.

Throws:

NestedException - if the finder fails to communicate with its vocabularies ***********************************************************************

getFinderName

java.lang.String getFinderName()
                               throws NestedException

********************************************************************** It returns a name of this vocabulary finder.

Throws:

NestedException - if the finder fails to return its name ***********************************************************************