[protege-discussion] How Does One Retrieve a MetaSlot Value ?

[Schultz, Ron]

I created a MetaSlot class that has the additional property Synonym. I
did this in the same way recommended on the Wiki for adding a Synonym to
a class, but I extended STANDARD SLOT instead of STANDARD CLASS. How do
I retrieve the synonym for a slot in Java code? Below is the code I have
for doing this to an instance of a class.

Thanks

Ron Schultz

This is the code I am using to retrieve a class's synonym

	/*
	 * This method, when passed a frame, returns the synonym, if
present.
	 */
	private String getSynonym(Frame frame) {

		List ownSlots = new
ArrayList<Frame>(frame.getOwnSlots());
		Iterator i = ownSlots.iterator();

		while (i.hasNext()) {
			Slot ownSlot = (Slot) i.next();
			String ownSlotName = ownSlot.getBrowserText();
			if (ownSlotName.startsWith("SYNONYMS")) {
				Collection ownSlotValues =
frame.getOwnSlotValues(ownSlot);
				Iterator iValues =
ownSlotValues.iterator();
				while (iValues.hasNext()) {
					Object obj = iValues.next();
					// Return the first value of the
Synonyms list
					return obj.toString();
				}
			}
		}
		return null;
	}


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