jena-core/src/main/java/org/apache/jena/rdf/model/Property.java

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package org.apache.jena.rdf.model;

/** An RDF Property.
 */
public interface Property extends Resource {

    public boolean isProperty();
    /** Returns the namespace associated with this resource if it is a URI, else return null. 
     * <p> 
     * The namespace is suitable for use with localname in in RDF/XML.
     * XML does not allow QNames to start with a digit and this method
     * reflects that restriction in the values for namespace and localname.
     * <p>
     * See functions in {@code SplitIRI} for other split algorithms.
     *  
     * @return The namespace for this resource or null.
     */
    @Override
    public String getNameSpace();

    /**
      Override RDFNode.inModel() to produce a staticly-typed Property
      in the given Model.
     */
    @Override
    public Property inModel( Model m );

    /** Returns the localname of this resource within its namespace if it is a URI else null.
     * <p>
     * Note: XML requires QNames to start with a letter, not a digit,
     * and this method reflects that restriction.
     * <p>
     * See functions in {@code SplitIRI}.
     * @return The localname of this property within its namespace.
     */

    @Override
    public String getLocalName();

    /** Returns the ordinal value of a containment property.
     *
     * <p>RDF containers use properties of the form _1, _2, _3 etc to represent
     * the containment relationship between the container and the objects it
     * contains.  When invoked on such a containment property, this method
     * returns the integer part of the property name.  When invoked on other
     * properties, it returns 0.
     * @return The ordinal value of a containment property,
     * or 0 otherwise.
     *
     */
    public int    getOrdinal();
}