resourcenode.java

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/*  Sesame - Storage and Querying architecture for RDF and RDF Schema
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package org.openrdf.sesame.sailimpl.memory;

import org.openrdf.model.Resource;
import org.openrdf.model.Statement;

import org.openrdf.sesame.sail.StatementIterator;

/**
 * An extension of ValueNode giving it subject statements.
 *
 * @author Arjohn Kampman
 * @author Jeen Broekstra
 * @version $Revision: 1.9 $
 **/
public interface ResourceNode extends ValueNode, Resource {

	static final StatementList EMPTY_LIST = new StatementList(0);

	public StatementList getSubjectStatementList();

	/**
	 * Gets the amount of Statements for which this ResourceNode is the subject.
	 * @return An integer larger than or equal to 0.
	 **/
	public int getSubjectStatementCount();

	/**
	 * Adds a statement to this ResourceNode's list of statements for which
	 * it is the subject.
	 **/
	public void addSubjectStatement(Statement st);

	/**
	 * Removes a statement from this ResourceNode's list of statements for which
	 * it is the subject.
	 **/
	public void removeSubjectStatement(Statement st);
	
	public StatementIterator getDirectTypeStatements();
	
	public StatementIterator getDirectSubClassStatements();
	
	public StatementIterator getDirectSubPropertyStatements();

	public boolean isDirectType(Resource aClass);
	
	public boolean isDirectSubClass(Resource aClass);
	
	public boolean isDirectSubProperty(Resource aProperty);
	
	/**
	 * clears all caches for direct type, subclass and subproperty relations.
	 */
	public void clearCache();
}