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27: * Property.java
28: *
29: * Created on 26 July 2000, 06:46
30: */
31:
32: package com.hp.hpl.jena.rdf.model;
33:
34: /** An RDF Property.
35: * @author bwm
36: * @version Release='$Name: $' Revision='$Revision: 1.10 $' Date='$Date: 2008/01/02 12:05:46 $'
37: */
38: public interface Property extends Resource {
39:
40: public boolean isProperty();
41:
42: /** Returns the namespace associated with this property.
43: * @return The namespace for this property.
44: */
45: public String getNameSpace();
46:
47: /** Returns the name of this property within its namespace.
48: * @return The name of this property within its namespace.
49: */
50: public String getLocalName();
51:
52: /** Returns the ordinal value of a containment property.
53: *
54: * <p>RDF containers use properties of the form _1, _2, _3 etc to represent
55: * the containment relationship between the container and the objects it
56: * contains. When invoked on such a containment property, this method
57: * returns the integer part of the property name. When invoked on other
58: * properties, it returns 0.
59: * @return The ordinal value of a containment property,
60: * or 0 otherwise.
61: *
62: */
63: public int getOrdinal();
64: }
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