org.newsml.toolkit
Interface Description

All Superinterfaces:
BaseNode, IdNode, IdText, LanguageNode, Text

public interface Description
extends LanguageNode, IdText

A natural-language description of a topic.

Version:
1.1beta
Author:
Reuters PLC

Method Summary
 Text getVariant()
          An arbitrary tag to distinguish this description from others.
 
Methods inherited from interface org.newsml.toolkit.LanguageNode
getLang
 
Methods inherited from interface org.newsml.toolkit.Text
toBoolean, toInt, toString
 
Methods inherited from interface org.newsml.toolkit.BaseNode
getChild, getChild, getChild, getChild, getChildCount, getChildCount, getParent, getPath, getSession, getXMLName, getXPath, removeSelf, toXML, toXML, writeXML, writeXML
 
Methods inherited from interface org.newsml.toolkit.IdNode
getDuid, getEuid
 

Method Detail

getVariant

public Text getVariant()
An arbitrary tag to distinguish this description from others.
Returns:
Text containing the variant tag, or null if none was provided.