org.sdmxsource.sdmx.api.model.superbeans.conceptscheme

Interface ConceptSuperBean

All Superinterfaces:

AnnotableSuperBean, IdentifiableSuperBean, NameableSuperBean, java.io.Serializable, SuperBean

All Known Implementing Classes:

ConceptSuperBeanImpl

public interface ConceptSuperBean
extends NameableSuperBean

A concept is a characteristic. It is the basic building block of data and metadata structures e.g all dimensions, attributes and dimensions in a data structure must reference a concept.

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
ConceptBean	getBuiltFrom() Returns the bean that was used to build this superBean
CodelistSuperBean	getCoreRepresentation() Returns the representation of this concept - this will return null if hasRepresentation() is false
TextFormatBean	getTextFormat() Returns the text format, which is typically present for an uncoded component (one which does not reference a codelist).
boolean	hasRepresentation() Returns true if this concept has core representation
boolean	isStandAloneConcept() Returns true if this concept is a stand alone concept

Methods inherited from interface org.sdmxsource.sdmx.api.model.superbeans.base.NameableSuperBean

getDescription, getDescription, getDescriptions, getName, getName, getNames

Methods inherited from interface org.sdmxsource.sdmx.api.model.superbeans.base.IdentifiableSuperBean

getId, getUrn

Methods inherited from interface org.sdmxsource.sdmx.api.model.superbeans.base.AnnotableSuperBean

getAnnotationByTitle, getAnnotationByType, getAnnotationByUrl, getAnnotations, hasAnnotations

Methods inherited from interface org.sdmxsource.sdmx.api.model.superbeans.base.SuperBean

getCompositeBeans

Method Detail

isStandAloneConcept

boolean isStandAloneConcept()

Returns true if this concept is a stand alone concept

Returns:

getTextFormat

TextFormatBean getTextFormat()

Returns the text format, which is typically present for an uncoded component (one which does not reference a codelist).

Returns null if there is no text format present

Returns:

getCoreRepresentation

CodelistSuperBean getCoreRepresentation()

Returns the representation of this concept - this will return null if hasRepresentation() is false

Returns:

hasRepresentation

boolean hasRepresentation()

Returns true if this concept has core representation

Returns:

getBuiltFrom

ConceptBean getBuiltFrom()

Description copied from interface: SuperBean

Returns the bean that was used to build this superBean

Specified by:

getBuiltFrom in interface SuperBean

Returns: