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27  * Property.java
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31
32 package com.hp.hpl.jena.rdf.model;
33
34 /** An RDF Property.
35  * @author bwm
36  * @version Release='$Name: $' Revision='$Revision: 1.7 $' Date='$Date: 2005/02/21 12:14:21 $'
37  */
38 public interface Property extends Resource {
39     
40   public boolean isProperty();
41     /** Returns the namespace associated with this property.
42      * @return The namespace for this property.
43      */
44   public String JavaDoc getNameSpace();
45     /** Returns the name of this property within its namespace.
46      * @return The name of this property within its namespace.
47      */
48   public String JavaDoc getLocalName();
49     /** Returns the ordinal value of a containment property.
50      *
51      * <p>RDF containers use properties of the form _1, _2, _3 etc to represent
52      * the containment relationship between the container and the objects it
53      * contains. When invoked on such a containment property, this method
54      * returns the integer part of the property name. When invoked on other
55      * properties, it returns 0.
56      * @return The ordinal value of a containment property,
57      * or 0 otherwise.
58      *
59      */
60   public int getOrdinal();
61 }
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