Dataface_Ontology Class Reference

Inheritance diagram for Dataface_Ontology:

Public Member Functions
	Dataface_Ontology ($tablename)
&	getAttributes ()
&	getAttribute ($name)
&	newIndividual (&$record)
	buildAttributes ()
	getFieldname ($attname)
	_is ($method, $attname)
	validate ($attname, $value, $allowBlanks=true)
	getType ($attname)
	isDate ($attname)
	isBlob ($attname)
	isContainer ($attname)
	isPassword ($attname)
	isText ($attname)
	isXML ($attname)
	isChar ($attname)
	isInt ($attname)
	isFloat ($attname)

Static Public Member Functions
static &	newOntology ($type, $tablename)
static	registerType ($type, $path, $class)
static &	getRegisteredOntologies ()

Data Fields
	$table
	$attributes
	$fieldnames
	$relationships

Detailed Description

Dataface_Ontology is an abstract base class for classes that are meant to sit on top of Records to allow them to be treated as abstract data types.

an ontology is a data model that represents a set of concepts within a domain and the relationships between those concepts. It is used to reason about the objects within that domain.

See Also

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ontology_%28computer_science%29

Definition at line 12 of file Ontology.php.

Member Function Documentation

_is	(		$method,
			$attname
	)

A catch-all function that is used by isDate(), isBlob(), etc.. to cut down on repetitive programming.

Parameters

string	$method	The name of the method to call.
string	$attname	The name of the attribute that the method should act upon.

Definition at line 95 of file Ontology.php.

buildAttributes

(

)

Reimplemented in Dataface_Ontology_Event, and Dataface_Ontology_Person.

Definition at line 66 of file Ontology.php.

Dataface_Ontology

(

$tablename

)

Definition at line 19 of file Ontology.php.

& getAttribute

(

$name

)

Definition at line 30 of file Ontology.php.

& getAttributes

(

)

Definition at line 23 of file Ontology.php.

getFieldname

(

$attname

)

Definition at line 70 of file Ontology.php.

static& getRegisteredOntologies ( )

static

Definition at line 60 of file Ontology.php.

getType

(

$attname

)

Definition at line 122 of file Ontology.php.

isBlob

(

$attname

)

Definition at line 124 of file Ontology.php.

isChar

(

$attname

)

Definition at line 129 of file Ontology.php.

isContainer

(

$attname

)

Definition at line 125 of file Ontology.php.

isDate

(

$attname

)

Definition at line 123 of file Ontology.php.

isFloat

(

$attname

)

Definition at line 131 of file Ontology.php.

isInt

(

$attname

)

Definition at line 130 of file Ontology.php.

isPassword

(

$attname

)

Definition at line 126 of file Ontology.php.

isText

(

$attname

)

Definition at line 127 of file Ontology.php.

isXML

(

$attname

)

Definition at line 128 of file Ontology.php.

& newIndividual

(

&

$record

)

Definition at line 38 of file Ontology.php.

static& newOntology (   $type,   $tablename  )

static

Definition at line 43 of file Ontology.php.

static registerType (   $type,   $path,   $class  )

static

Definition at line 54 of file Ontology.php.

validate	(		$attname,
			$value,
			$allowBlanks = true
	)

Validates a particular value to see if it is a valid value for that attribute. This will call the validate_$attname method of this ontology if it exists, otherwise it will just return true.

Parameters

string	$attname	The name of the attribute against which the value should be validated.
mixed	$value	The value that is being validated.
boolean	$allowBlanks	True if the validator should allow blank values.

Returns

boolean True if it is ok.. false otherwise.

Definition at line 112 of file Ontology.php.

Field Documentation

$attributes

Definition at line 15 of file Ontology.php.

$fieldnames

Definition at line 16 of file Ontology.php.

$relationships

Definition at line 17 of file Ontology.php.

$table

Definition at line 14 of file Ontology.php.

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The documentation for this class was generated from the following file:

• Dataface/Ontology.php