com.viceversatech.rdfbeans.annotations
Annotation Type RDFContainer

@Target(value=METHOD)
@Retention(value=RUNTIME)
public @interface RDFContainer

Applied to: Method declaration
Value: RDFContainer.ContainerType (optional)
Default value: RDFContainer.ContainerType.NONE

@RDFContainer annotation extends RDFBean property declaration (RDF) for the properties of Java array or Collection types. The annotation takes a constant from RDFContainer.ContainerType enumeration as an argument to specify how the multiple values must be represented in RDF.

If @RDFContainer annotation is undefined or takes the default RDFContainer.ContainerType.NONE argument, the property is represented as a set of individual RDF statements created for each value. The order of elements is not guaranteed in this case.

Otherwise, multiple values are represented as a RDF Container of a type specified by RDFContainer.ContainerType constant.

Examples:

 @RDF("foaf:nick")
 @RDFContainer(ContainerType.ALT) 
 public String[] getNick() { 
 ...
 

 @RDF("foaf:knows")
 @RDFContainer(ContainerType.NONE) // -- this is unnecessary public
 Set getKnows() { 
 ...
 

Author:

alex

Optional Element Summary

RDFContainer.ContainerType

value Specifies a type of RDF container for Collection properties.

value

public abstract RDFContainer.ContainerType value

Specifies a type of RDF container for Collection properties.

Default:

com.viceversatech.rdfbeans.annotations.RDFContainer.ContainerType.NONE