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Class COM.Lexical.Metaphrase.SubmittedTerm 

java.lang.Object
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    +----COM.Lexical.Metaphrase.SubmittedTerm
public class SubmittedTerm
extends java.lang.Object
Metaphrase SubmittedTerm class. Information captured when a user submits a suggestion for a new term.

Version:
Authority1.1, 11 Apr 2000
See Also:
submitTerm, getSubmittedTerms

Method Index

o attributes()
Returns the Dictionary of attributes for this term.
o code()
Return the code that was generated for this Submitted Term.
o name()
Returns the name suggested for this term.
o nearestConcept()
Gets the nearest concept to this submittedTerm or null if none.
o note()
Returns a free text note associated with this submittedTerm.
o relatedConcepts()
Returns an array of concepts that are related to this SubmittedTerm.
o source()
Returns the Source that this term should be asssociated with.
o toString()
Return a String which describes all of the information in the submission.

Method Detail

o nearestConcept
public Concept nearestConcept()
          Gets the nearest concept to this submittedTerm or null if none.
o name
public java.lang.String name()
          Returns the name suggested for this term.
o relatedConcepts
public Concept[] relatedConcepts()
          Returns an array of concepts that are related to this SubmittedTerm.
o note
public java.lang.String note()
          Returns a free text note associated with this submittedTerm.
o source
public Source source()
          Returns the Source that this term should be asssociated with.
o code
public java.lang.String code()
          Return the code that was generated for this Submitted Term. Whether this should be interpreted as a "temporary conceptID" or as a partition code (for the above source) is conveyed by Metaphrase.submitReturnsConceptID().
o attributes
public java.util.Dictionary attributes()
          Returns the Dictionary of attributes for this term. This field is designed to accommodate any additional information the Thesaurus maintainers wish to have included with submitted terms as named attributes.
See Also:
submitTerm
o toString
public java.lang.String toString()
          Return a String which describes all of the information in the submission.
Overrides:
toString in class java.lang.Object
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