com.hp.hpl.jena.rdf.arp
Interface ALiteral

All Superinterfaces:

com.hp.hpl.jena.rdf.arp.impl.ANode, com.hp.hpl.jena.rdf.arp.impl.Taint

public interface ALiteral
extends com.hp.hpl.jena.rdf.arp.impl.ANode

A string literal property value from an RDF/XML file.

Author:

jjc

Method Summary

java.lang.String	getDatatypeURI() The datatype URI of a typed literal, or null for an untyped literal.
java.lang.String	getLang() The value of xml:lang for this literal, often the empty string.
java.lang.String	getParseType() When isWellFormedXML() is true, this returns the value of the rdf:parseType attribute, usually "Literal".
boolean	isWellFormedXML() True if this literal was formed from a rdf:parseType="Literal" construction.
java.lang.String	toString() The string value of the literal.

Methods inherited from interface com.hp.hpl.jena.rdf.arp.impl.Taint

isTainted, taint

Method Detail

isWellFormedXML

boolean isWellFormedXML()

True if this literal was formed from a rdf:parseType="Literal" construction.

Returns:

true for rdf:parseType="Literal" or any other unrecognised parseType.

getParseType

java.lang.String getParseType()

When isWellFormedXML() is true, this returns the value of the rdf:parseType attribute, usually "Literal". Otherwise null is returned.

Returns:

The parseType for well formed XML, or null for normal literals.

getDatatypeURI

java.lang.String getDatatypeURI()

The datatype URI of a typed literal, or null for an untyped literal.

Returns:

the URI as a String, or null

toString

java.lang.String toString()

The string value of the literal.

Overrides:

toString in class java.lang.Object

Returns:

The string.

getLang

java.lang.String getLang()

The value of xml:lang for this literal, often the empty string.

Returns:

xml:lang.