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using AgentService.Ontology;
using AgentService.Ontology.Schema.Abstract;

namespace AgentService.Ontology.Schema {

	/// <summary>
	/// This class represents the schema of a generic term in an ontology.
	/// </summary>
    public class TermSchema : ObjectSchemaImpl {
		public static readonly new string base_name = "Term";
		private static new TermSchema  baseSchema = new TermSchema();

		
		/// <summary>
		/// Constructs a generic term.
		/// </summary>
		private TermSchema():base(base_name) 
		{
			
		}

		/// <summary>
		/// Constructs a termn with a given name.
		/// </summary>
		/// <param name="typeName">The name of the term</param>
		protected TermSchema(string typeName):base(typeName)
		{

		}

		/// <summary>
		/// Retrieves a generic base schema for all term.
		/// </summary>
		/// <returns></returns>
		public static new ObjectSchema GetBaseSchema() 
		{
			return baseSchema;
		} 

		
		
		/// <summary>
		/// Returns true if 
		///- s is the base schema for the XXXSchema class and 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 and
		///	 this schema is an instance of (e.g. s is TermSchema.GetBaseSchema()
		///	 and this schema is an instance of ConceptSchema.
		/// </summary>
		/// <param name="s">Object schema</param>
		/// <returns>Returns true if <code>s</code> is a base schema for this schema.</returns>
		public override bool DescendsFrom(ObjectSchema s)
		{
			try
			{
				if (s != null) 
				{
					if (s.Equals(GetBaseSchema())) 
					{
						return true;
					}
					return base.DescendsFrom(s);
				}
				else 
				{
					return false;
				}
			}
			catch(OntologyException ex)
			{
				throw(ex);
			}
		}

		/// <summary>
		/// Returns an abstract object that represents this term.
		/// </summary>
		/// <returns></returns>
		public override AbsObject NewInstance()  
		{
			return null;
										   
		}
    }
}