RDFStore::Statement - An RDF Statement implementation

RDFStore documentation Contained in the RDFStore distribution.

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NAME

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RDFStore::Statement - An RDF Statement implementation

SYNOPSIS

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	use RDFStore::Statement;
	use RDFStore::Literal;
	use RDFStore::Resource;
	my $statement = new RDFStore::Statement(
  				new RDFStore::Resource("http://www.w3.org/Home/Lassila"),
  				new RDFStore::Resource("http://description.org/schema/","Creator"),
  				new RDFStore::Literal("Ora Lassila") );
	my $statement1 = new RDFStore::Statement(
  				new RDFStore::Resource("http://www.w3.org"),
  				new RDFStore::Resource("http://description.org/schema/","Publisher"),
  				new RDFStore::Literal("World Wide Web Consortium") );

	my $subject = $statement->subject;
	my $predicate = $statement->predicate;
	my $object = $statement->object;

	print $statement->toString." is ";
        print "not"
                unless $statement->equals($statement1);
        print " equal to ".$statement1->toString."\n";

DESCRIPTION

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An RDF Statement implementation.

METHODS

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new ( SUBJECT, PREDICATE, OBJECT )

This is a class method, the constructor for RDFStore::Statement. SUBJECT and PREDICATE must be two RDFStore::Resource while OBJECT is RDFStore::RDFNode

subject

Return the RDFStore::Resource that is the RDF Subject/Resource of the Statement

predicate

Return the RDFStore::Resource that is the RDF Predicate/Property of the Statement/Resource

object

Return the RDFStore::RDFNode that is the RDF Object/Property-Value of the Statement/Resource

getURI

Return the URI identifing the RDF Statement; this is useful either for RDF reification (if ever it will be used :) and to treat RDF Statement as resources and then make "composite" statements....somehow ;)

getNamespace

Return undef

getLocalName

Return the label of the RDF Statement as a URN identifier with the digest hex encoded i.e. "urn:rdf:SHA-1:12uf2229829289229eee"

getLabel

Return the label of the RDF Statement as a URN identifier with the digest hex encoded i.e. "urn:rdf:SHA-1:12uf2229829289229eee"

toString

Return the textual represention of the RDF Statement i.e. triple("http://blaa.org", "http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/title", "Crapy site")

getDigest

Return a Cryptographic Digest (SHA-1 by default) of the Statement as defined in http://nestroy.wi-inf.uni-essen.de/rdf/sum_rdf_api/#K31

equals

Compare two RDF Statements.

SEE ALSO

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RDFStore::Literal(3) RDFStore::Resource(3) RDFStore(3) RDFStore::Digest::Digestable(3) RDFStore::RDFNode(3)

ABOUT RDF

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 http://www.w3.org/TR/rdf-primer/

 http://www.w3.org/TR/rdf-mt

 http://www.w3.org/TR/rdf-syntax-grammar/

 http://www.w3.org/TR/rdf-schema/

 http://www.w3.org/TR/1999/REC-rdf-syntax-19990222 (obsolete)

AUTHOR

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	Alberto Reggiori <areggiori@webweaving.org>
RDFStore documentation Contained in the RDFStore distribution. 
# *
# *     Copyright (c) 2000-2006 Alberto Reggiori <areggiori@webweaving.org>
# *                        Dirk-Willem van Gulik <dirkx@webweaving.org>
# *
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# *
# * Changes:
# *     version 0.1 - 2000/11/03 at 04:30 CEST
# *     version 0.2
# *             - added getNamespace() getLocalName() methods accordingly to rdf-api-2000-10-30
# *     version 0.3
# *             - fixed bugs when checking references/pointers (defined and ref() )
# *     version 0.4
# *		- changed way to return undef in subroutines
# *		- fixed warning in getDigest()
# *             - updated new() equals() and added hashCode() accordingly to rdf-api-2001-01-19
# *		- updated accordingly to rdf-api-2001-01-19
# *		- Devon Smith <devon@taller.pscl.cwru.edu> changed getDigest to generate digests and hashes 
# *		  that match Stanford java ones exactly
# *     version 0.41
# *		- updated toString() and getDigest()
# *     version 0.42
# *		- updated accordingly to new RDFStore API
# *             - added statements reification and context support
# *

package RDFStore::Statement;
{
use vars qw ($VERSION);
use strict;
 
$VERSION = '0.42';

use Carp;
use RDFStore; # load the underlying C code in RDFStore.xs because it is all in one module file
use RDFStore::Resource;

sub isAnonymous {
	return 0;
	};

sub getNamespace {
        return undef;
};

sub getLocalName {
        return $_[0]->getLabel();
};

sub getURI {
	return $_[0]->getLabel();
};

sub equals {
	return 0
		unless(defined $_[1]);

	if( $_[0]->context and $_[1]->context ) {
		return	(	($_[0]->subject->getLabel eq $_[1]->subject->getLabel) &&
				($_[0]->predicate->getLabel eq $_[1]->predicate->getLabel) &&
				($_[0]->object->getLabel eq $_[1]->object->getLabel) &&
				($_[0]->context->getLabel eq $_[1]->context->getLabel) );
	} else {
		return	(	($_[0]->subject->getLabel eq $_[1]->subject->getLabel) &&
				($_[0]->predicate->getLabel eq $_[1]->predicate->getLabel) &&
				($_[0]->object->getLabel eq $_[1]->object->getLabel) );
		};
};

1;
};

__END__