org.aksw.gerbil.datatypes

Interface AdapterConfiguration

All Superinterfaces:

Comparable<AdapterConfiguration>

All Known Subinterfaces:

AnnotatorConfiguration, DatasetConfiguration

All Known Implementing Classes:

AbstractAdapterConfiguration, AbstractDatasetConfiguration, AnnotatorConfigurationImpl, DatahubNIFConfig, DatasetConfigurationImpl, NIFFileDatasetConfig, SingletonAnnotatorConfigImpl, SingletonDatasetConfigImpl

public interface AdapterConfiguration
extends Comparable<AdapterConfiguration>

Interface of an adpater configuration of the GERBIL system. It represents the adapter and is able to create an adapter instance.

Author:

Michael Röder

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
boolean	couldBeCached() Returns true if the system is allowed to cache the results of experiments in which this adapter has been involved.
ExperimentType	getExperimentType()
String	getName() Getter of the adapters name.
boolean	isApplicableForExperiment(ExperimentType type) Returns true if this adapter can be used for an experiment of the given type.
void	setCouldBeCached(boolean couldBeCached) Setter for the caching flag which should be set to true if the system is allowed to cache the results of experiments in which this adapter has been involved.
void	setName(String name) Setter of the adapters name.

Methods inherited from interface java.lang.Comparable

compareTo

Method Detail

getName

String getName()

Getter of the adapters name.

Returns:

The name of the adapter.

setName

void setName(String name)

Setter of the adapters name.

Parameters:

name - The name of the adapter.

couldBeCached

boolean couldBeCached()

Returns true if the system is allowed to cache the results of experiments in which this adapter has been involved.

Returns:

true if the results could be cached inside the database. Otherwise false is returned.

setCouldBeCached

void setCouldBeCached(boolean couldBeCached)

Setter for the caching flag which should be set to true if the system is allowed to cache the results of experiments in which this adapter has been involved.

Parameters:

couldBeCached -

isApplicableForExperiment

boolean isApplicableForExperiment(ExperimentType type)

Returns true if this adapter can be used for an experiment of the given type.

Parameters:

type - the experiment type that should be checked

Returns:

true if this adapter can be used for an experiment of the given type.

getExperimentType

ExperimentType getExperimentType()