/**
* A variable can be put whereever a term of whatever type is required --> A VariableSchema is
* compatible with s if s descends from TermSchema.getBaseSchema()
*/
public boolean isCompatibleWith(ObjectSchema s) {
if (s != null) {
return s.descendsFrom(TermSchema.getBaseSchema());
} else {
return false;
}
}
/**
* Return true if - s is the base schema for the XXXSchema class this schema is an instance of
* (e.g. s is ConceptSchema.getBaseSchema() and this schema is an instance of ConceptSchema) - s
* is the base schema for a super-class of the XXXSchema class this schema is an instance of (e.g.
* s is TermSchema.getBaseSchema() and this schema is an instance of ConceptSchema)
*/
protected boolean descendsFrom(ObjectSchema s) {
if (s != null) {
if (s.equals(getBaseSchema())) {
return true;
}
return super.descendsFrom(s);
} else {
return false;
}
}