RDF::Core::Literal - a literal value for RDF statement

  require RDF::Core::Literal;
  my $literal=new RDF::Core::Literal("Jim Brown");
  print $literal->getValue()."\n";

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package RDF::Core::Literal;

use strict;

require Exporter;

our @ISA = qw(RDF::Core::Node);

use Carp;
require RDF::Core::Node;


sub new {
    my ($pkg, $value, $lang, $datatype)=@_;
    $pkg = ref $pkg || $pkg;
    my $self={};

    $self->{_value} = defined $value ? $value : '';
#    $self->{_lang} = $lang;
#    $self->{_datatype} = $datatype;
    $self->{_lang} = defined $lang ? $lang : '';
    $self->{_datatype} = defined $datatype ? $datatype : '';
    bless $self,$pkg;
}
sub getValue {
    return $_[0]->{_value};
}
sub getLang {
    return $_[0]->{_lang};
}
sub getDatatype {
    return $_[0]->{_datatype};
}
sub equals {
    my ($self, $node) = @_;
    $node = new RDF::Core::Literal($node) 
      unless ref $node && $node->isa("RDF::Core::Node");
    return $node->isLiteral 
      && ($node->getValue eq $self->getValue)
	&& (!$node->getLang && !$self->getLang 
	    || uc($node->getLang) eq uc($self->getLang))
	  && (!$node->getDatatype && !$self->getDatatype 
	      || $node->getDatatype eq $self->getDatatype);
}
#Override inherited method
sub getLabel {
    return $_[0]->getValue;
}
sub clone {
    my $self = shift;
    return $self->new($self->{_value}, $self->{_lang}, $self->{_datatype});
}
1;
__END__