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The Dictionary web service.
Data Types
ClassPredicate
A ClassPredicate provides control of which classes are returned.
- xsd:string[] classNames - restrict to the list of explicitly specified class names
- xsd:boolean followSubClass - follow sub-classes and include in returned list
- xsd:boolean followSuperClass - follow super-classes and include in returned list
Methods
getClasses
Get a list of type and aspect definitions from the dictionary.
ClassDefinition[] getClasses(ClassPredicate types, ClassPredicate aspects)
Parameters:
- types - the predicate for controlling the types returned, or null to return all types
- aspects - the predicate for controlling the aspects returned, or null to return all aspects
Return:
- a list of class definitions that relate to the requested types.
getProperties
Gets a list of property definitions.
PropertyDefinition[] getProperties(xsd:string[] propertyNames)
Parameters:
- propertyNames - a list of the names of the properties for which defintions are required.
Return:
- a list of the requested property defintions.
getAssociations
Gets a list of association definitions.
AssociationDefinition[] getAssociationDefinition(xsd:string[] associationNames)
Parameters:
- associationNames - the qualified name of the associations to request defintions for
Returns:
- list of the requested association definitions
isSubClass
Indicates whether a type (or aspect) is a sub class of another type (or aspect).
xsd:boolean isSubClassOf(xsd:string className, xsd:string isSubClassOfName)
Parameters:
- className - the qualified name of the type or aspect to test.
- isSubClassOf - the qualified name of the type or aspect that the other class is being tested as being a sub class of.
Return:
- true indicates that the class is a sub-class of the other
