/**
* Call this method to convert a value (v) as a Java object to a typed Literal matching the range
* of the property.
*
* @param m
* @param prop
* @param v
* @return
* @throws Exception
*/
public static synchronized Literal getLiteralMatchingDataPropertyRange(
OntModel m, OntProperty prop, Object v) throws Exception {
Literal val = null;
String errMsg = null;
if (prop.isAnnotationProperty()) {
return m.createTypedLiteral(v);
}
// SADL only has DoubleLiterals--if this property has range float convert v to Float.
OntResource rng = prop.getRange();
String rnguri = rng != null ? rng.getURI() : null;
if (rng == null) {
errMsg = "Range not given.";
} else if (rng.isAnon()) {
// this is a complex range--needs work. Try to do something with it....
// If value is a String
if (v instanceof String) {
v = stripQuotes((String) v);
val = m.createTypedLiteral(v);
} else {
val = m.createTypedLiteral(v);
if (val == null) {
errMsg =
"Range is an unsupported complex type, failed to create a Literal value for '"
+ v.toString()
+ "'.";
}
}
} else {
val = getLiteralMatchingDataPropertyRange(m, rnguri, v);
}
if (errMsg != null) {
errMsg += " (Property is '" + prop.getLocalName() + "'.)";
throw new Exception(errMsg);
}
return val;
}
