uk.ac.ic.doc.automed.matching
Class DegreeCombinator

java.lang.Object
  uk.ac.ic.doc.automed.matching.DegreeCombinator

public class DegreeCombinator
extends java.lang.Object

The class that represents the Degree Combinator component in the schema matching architecture. Its role is to define the semantic relationships of the aggregated schema element pairs

See Also:

SimilarSchemaElementPair, CheckExistenceModule, PrecisionModule, NumberInstancesModule, BidirectionalMap

Constructor Summary

DegreeCombinator(SimilarSchemaElementPair[] pairs)
Constructs the DegreeCombinator for the specified aggregated pairs of elements.

Method Summary

SchemaElementPairRelationship[]	getRelationships(BidirectionalMap map) Returns the semantic relationships of the schema elements based on the areas of the BidirectionalMap.
void	setExistenceModule(AbstractModule module) Sets the CheckExistenceModule of this DegreeCombinator
void	setNumberInstancesModule(AbstractModule module) Sets the number of instances module of this DegreeCombinator
void	setPrecisionModule(AbstractModule module) Sets the PrecisionModule of this DegreeCombinator

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

DegreeCombinator

public DegreeCombinator(SimilarSchemaElementPair[] pairs)
                 throws UninstantiatedException

Constructs the DegreeCombinator for the specified aggregated pairs of elements.

Parameters:

pairs - the array of aggregated schema elements

Throws:

UnistantiatedException - if the are no pairs of elements in the array

UninstantiatedException

Method Detail

setNumberInstancesModule

public void setNumberInstancesModule(AbstractModule module)

Sets the number of instances module of this DegreeCombinator

Parameters:

module - the number of instances module

setExistenceModule

public void setExistenceModule(AbstractModule module)

Sets the CheckExistenceModule of this DegreeCombinator

Parameters:

module - the CheckExistenceModule

setPrecisionModule

public void setPrecisionModule(AbstractModule module)

Sets the PrecisionModule of this DegreeCombinator

Parameters:

module - the PrecisionModule

getRelationships

public SchemaElementPairRelationship[] getRelationships(BidirectionalMap map)
                                                 throws UninstantiatedException,
                                                        RelationshipConflictException

Returns the semantic relationships of the schema elements based on the areas of the BidirectionalMap.

Parameters:

map - the bidirectional map

Returns:

the semantic relationships of the schema elements based on the BidirectionalMap

Throws:

UninstantiatedException - if the modules have not been set or a pair cannot be detected in one of them

RelationshipConflictException - if the relationships in the modules conflict