tv.amwa.maj.entity
Class DescriptiveFramework

java.lang.Object
  tv.amwa.maj.entity.InterchangeObject
      tv.amwa.maj.entity.DescriptiveFramework

All Implemented Interfaces:

Serializable, Cloneable, DescriptiveFramework, InterchangeObject, XMLSerializable

@AAFClass(uuid1=218170369,
          uuid2=0,
          uuid3=0,
          uuid4={6,14,43,52,2,6,1,1},
          definedName="DescriptiveFramework",
          description="The DescriptiveFramework class specifies descriptive metadata.")
public abstract class DescriptiveFramework
extends InterchangeObject
implements DescriptiveFramework, Serializable, Cloneable

Implements a framework for descriptive metadata. Sub-interfaces of this interface are taken from vocabularies of descriptive metadata, such as DMS-1, known as descriptive metadata schemes.

Author:

Richard Cartwright

See Also:

Serialized Form

Nested Class Summary

Nested classes/interfaces inherited from class tv.amwa.maj.entity.InterchangeObject

InterchangeObject.InterchangeObjectXMLHandler

Field Summary

static String

DESCRIPTIVEFRAMEWORK_ITEM

Constructor Summary

DescriptiveFramework()

Method Summary

abstract DescriptiveFramework

clone() All descriptive frameworks must be cloneable to allow them to be used as strong references within descriptive markers.

Methods inherited from class tv.amwa.maj.entity.InterchangeObject

appendXMLChildren, castFromInterface, countProperties, createOptionalPropertyValue, disableGenerationTracking, enableGenerationTracking, getDefinition, getGeneration, getGenerationAUID, getProperties, getPropertyValue, isGenerationTracked, isPropertyPresent, omitOpionalProperty, registerImplementation, setPropertiesFromInterface, setPropertyValue, toString

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

equals, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Methods inherited from interface tv.amwa.maj.iface.InterchangeObject

countProperties, createOptionalPropertyValue, disableGenerationTracking, enableGenerationTracking, getDefinition, getGeneration, getGenerationAUID, getProperties, getPropertyValue, isGenerationTracked, isPropertyPresent, omitOpionalProperty, setPropertyValue

Field Detail

DESCRIPTIVEFRAMEWORK_ITEM

public static final String DESCRIPTIVEFRAMEWORK_ITEM

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Constant Field Values

Constructor Detail

DescriptiveFramework

public DescriptiveFramework()

Method Detail

clone

public abstract DescriptiveFramework clone()

All descriptive frameworks must be cloneable to allow them to be used as strong references within descriptive markers.

Overrides:

clone in class Object

See Also:

Object.clone()