Package org.iirds.rdf

Class IRIUtils

java.lang.Object

org.iirds.rdf.IRIUtils

public final class IRIUtils
extends Object

Utility methods to generate IRIs

Author:

Martin Kreutzer, Empolis Information Management GmbH

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
static String	generateIRIBasedOnLabel(String classURI, String label)	Create a unique IRI for the class URI and the label.
static String	generateUniqueIRI()	Creates a unique IRI using the UUID scheme.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Method Details

generateUniqueIRI

public static String generateUniqueIRI()

Creates a unique IRI using the UUID scheme.

Returns:

the IRI

generateIRIBasedOnLabel

public static String generateIRIBasedOnLabel(String classURI,
 String label)

Create a unique IRI for the class URI and the label. When calling the method the same parameters again, the same IRI will be returned.

Parameters:

classURI - the IRI if of the metadata class

label - the label

Returns:

the IRI