org.newsml.toolkit
Interface Description

All Superinterfaces:
BaseNode, IdNode, LanguageNode, Text

public interface Description
extends LanguageNode, Text

A natural-language description of a topic.

Version:
1.0
Author:
Reuters PLC

Method Summary
 java.lang.String 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
getValue, toString
 
Methods inherited from interface org.newsml.toolkit.BaseNode
getSession, getXMLName
 
Methods inherited from interface org.newsml.toolkit.IdNode
getDuid, getEuid
 

Method Detail

getVariant

public java.lang.String getVariant()
An arbitrary tag to distinguish this description from others.
Returns:
The variant tag as a string, or null if none was provided.