org.w3c.rdf.model
Interface Resource

All Superinterfaces:

RDFNode

All Known Subinterfaces:

Model, SetModel, Statement, VirtualModel

All Known Implementing Classes:

ResourceImpl, ResourceImpl

public interface Resource

extends RDFNode

An RDF resource. Every RDF resource must have a URI. Many RDF resources are pieces of vocabulary. They typically have a namespace and a local name. In this case, a URI is composed as a concatenation of the namespace and the local name. For other kinds of identifiers (e.g. autogenerated UUIDs), the namespace is null.

Method Summary

java.lang.String	getLocalName() Returns the local name of the resource.
java.lang.String	getNamespace() Returns the namespace of the resource.
java.lang.String	getURI() Returns the URI of the resource.

Methods inherited from interface org.w3c.rdf.model.RDFNode

getLabel

Method Detail

getURI

public java.lang.String getURI()
                        throws ModelException

Returns the URI of the resource. Triples and models must implement this method in a standard way.

Returns:

the URI of the resource

See Also:

Statement, Model

getNamespace

public java.lang.String getNamespace()
                              throws ModelException

Returns the namespace of the resource. May return null.

Returns:

the namespace of the resource

Since:

2000-10-21

See Also:

Statement, Model

getLocalName

public java.lang.String getLocalName()
                              throws ModelException

Returns the local name of the resource. May not return null.

Returns:

the local name of the resource

Since:

2000-10-21

See Also:

Statement, Model