Method: isAbstract()

1: /*
2: * JOPA
3: * Copyright (C) 2024 Czech Technical University in Prague
4: *
5: * This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
6: * modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
7: * License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
8: * version 3.0 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
9: *
10: * This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
11: * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
12: * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
13: * Lesser General Public License for more details.
14: *
15: * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
16: * License along with this library.
17: */
18: package cz.cvut.kbss.jopa.model.metamodel;
19:
20: import cz.cvut.kbss.jopa.model.IRI;
21:
22: /**
23: * Instances of this type represent entity types which are abstract - represented entity type cannot
24: * be instantiated.
25: *
26: * Instead, some child class represented by a {@link ConcreteEntityType} will be instantiated when
27: * loading class from storage.
28: * <p>
29: * These entity types are either abstract classes or interfaces.
30: *
31: * @param <X> Entity type being represented by this instance
32: */
33: public class AbstractEntityType<X> extends IdentifiableEntityType<X> {
34:
35: public AbstractEntityType(Class<X> javaType, IRI iri) {
36: super(javaType, iri);
37: }
38:
39: @Override
40: public boolean isAbstract() {
41: return true;
42: }
43: }