Package com.facetmap

The Facetmap API -- consisting of core components Facetmap, Facet, Heading, Resource, and Selection, as well as some specialized types of Facet.

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Description

Interface Summary

CompoundHeading	A single Heading that represents any number of Headings from its underlying Facet.
CompoundHeadingFacet	This facet allows you to set multiple Headings, from the same Facet, on a given Resource.
DateFacet	Allows browsing of timeline data.
DateHeading	The Heading used by DateFacet.
Facet	A means of classifying a Resource; this is the broadest abstraction of a single axis in the FacetSpace, orthogonal to all other Facets.
Facetmap	The connection from the Resource information to the Facet information, and the new information that emerges when those two domains are combined.
FacetSpace	A FacetSpace represents a particular faceted classification system.
GeographyFacet	Intended for geographical coordinate browsing.
GeographyHeading
Heading	A possible classification that a Resource may have; a member of a Facet structure; a value in a Facet.
KeywordFacet	A facet that reflects the textual content of the resource; intended for keyword-style text searches.
KeywordHeading
Resource	The ultimate object of desire, to put it one way.
ResourceSpace	The repository of classified Resource objects.
SelectedResourceIterator	Provide a stream of Resource objects included in a Selection.
Selection	Encapsulates the available navigation options as well as the current result set of Resources.
SpectrumFacet	Represents a scalar Facet that doesn't necessarily have discrete Headings.
SpectrumHeading	A Heading specialized for a Spectrum so it can represent a range of values.
TaxonomyFacet	Contains Headings arranged into a tree structure.
TaxonomyHeading	A Heading, specialized for a Taxonomy, that may have a parent Heading and child Headings of its own.

Class Summary

CompoundHeadingFacet.Util
Facet.Util
GeographyFacet.BoundingBox	A rectangle bounded by latitude and longitude coordinates.

Exception Summary

DataException	Indicates a problem with data provided to the Facetmap engine.
InternalException	Indicates a failure somewhere in the Facetmap engine or its subsystems.
UnknownReferenceException	Indicates that a reference used to identify something was not recognized by the FacetMap engine.

Package com.facetmap Description

The Facetmap API -- consisting of core components Facetmap, Facet, Heading, Resource, and Selection, as well as some specialized types of Facet.