Package org.incenp.obofoundry.kgcl

Class SequentialIDGenerator

java.lang.Object

org.incenp.obofoundry.kgcl.SequentialIDGenerator

All Implemented Interfaces:

IAutoIDGenerator

public class SequentialIDGenerator
extends Object
implements IAutoIDGenerator

Generates numerical IDs sequentially within a given range.

Field Summary

Fields

Modifier and Type	Field	Description
protected String	format
protected int	lowerBound
protected org.semanticweb.owlapi.model.OWLOntology	ontology
protected int	upperBound

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
SequentialIDGenerator(org.semanticweb.owlapi.model.OWLOntology ontology, String format, int min, int max)	Creates a new instance.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
String	nextID()	Generates a new automatic ID.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Details

ontology

protected org.semanticweb.owlapi.model.OWLOntology ontology

format

protected String format

lowerBound

protected int lowerBound

upperBound

protected int upperBound

Constructor Details

SequentialIDGenerator

public SequentialIDGenerator(org.semanticweb.owlapi.model.OWLOntology ontology,
 String format,
 int min,
 int max)

Creates a new instance.

Parameters:

ontology - The ontology to generate IDs for. Its contents will be checked to ensure the generated IDs do not clash with existing entities.

format - The format of newly generated IDs. It must contain a C-style format specifier indicating where the numerical portion of the ID should appear and in which format.

min - The lower bound (inclusive) for newly generated IDs.

max - The upper bound (exclusive) for newly generated IDs.

Method Details

nextID

public String nextID()

Description copied from interface: IAutoIDGenerator

Generates a new automatic ID.

Specified by:

nextID in interface IAutoIDGenerator

Returns:

The newly generated ID.