edu.columbia.cs.ref.model.constraint.relationship.impl
Class DistanceBetweenEntitiesConstraint

java.lang.Object
  edu.columbia.cs.ref.model.constraint.relationship.impl.DistanceBetweenEntitiesConstraint

All Implemented Interfaces:

RelationshipConstraint, java.io.Serializable

public class DistanceBetweenEntitiesConstraint
extends java.lang.Object
implements RelationshipConstraint

The Class DistanceBetweenEntitiesConstraint is an implementation of RelationshipConstraint that checks if the number of characters between entities is less than a given value passed to the constructor.

Since:

2011-09-27

Version:

0.1

Author:

Pablo Barrio, Goncalo Simoes

See Also:

Serialized Form

Constructor Summary

DistanceBetweenEntitiesConstraint(int k)
Instantiates a new distance between entities constraint.

DistanceBetweenEntitiesConstraint(java.lang.Integer k)
Instantiates a new distance between entities constraint.

Method Summary

boolean

checkConstraint(Relationship rel) Checks if the relationship constraint is fulfilled on the input relationship.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

DistanceBetweenEntitiesConstraint

public DistanceBetweenEntitiesConstraint(int k)

Instantiates a new distance between entities constraint. The parameter is the maximum allowed distance between the entities.

Parameters:

k - the k

DistanceBetweenEntitiesConstraint

public DistanceBetweenEntitiesConstraint(java.lang.Integer k)

Instantiates a new distance between entities constraint. The parameter is the maximum allowed distance between the entities.

Parameters:

k - the k

Method Detail

checkConstraint

public boolean checkConstraint(Relationship rel)

Description copied from interface: RelationshipConstraint

Checks if the relationship constraint is fulfilled on the input relationship.

Specified by:

checkConstraint in interface RelationshipConstraint

Parameters:

rel - the relationship where the constraint is to be checked

Returns:

true, if successful