Class Triple

Class for representing RDF Triples in memory.

Inheritance

System.Object

Triple

Implements

System.IComparable<T><Triple>

Inherited Members

object.Equals(object, object)

object.GetType()

object.ReferenceEquals(object, object)

Namespace: VDS.RDF

Assembly: dotNetRdf.dll

Syntax

public sealed class Triple : IComparable<Triple>

Constructors

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Triple(INode, INode, INode, IGraph)

Constructs a Triple from Nodes that belong to the same Graph/Node Factory and associates this Triple with the given Graph (doesn't assert the Triple).

Declaration

[Obsolete("This constructor is obsolete and will be removed in a future version.")]
public Triple(INode subj, INode pred, INode obj, IGraph g)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
INode	subj	Subject.
INode	pred	Predicate.
INode	obj	Object.
IGraph	g	Graph.

Remarks

Will throw an RdfException if the Nodes don't belong to the same Graph/Node Factory.

Exceptions

Type	Condition
RdfException	Thrown if the Nodes aren't all from the same Graph/Node Factory.

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Triple(INode, INode, INode, ITripleContext)

Constructs a Triple from Nodes that belong to the same Graph/Node Factory with some Context.

Declaration

public Triple(INode subj, INode pred, INode obj, ITripleContext context)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
INode	subj	Subject of the Triple.
INode	pred	Predicate of the Triple.
INode	obj	Object of the Triple.
ITripleContext	context	Context Information for the Triple.

Remarks

Will throw an RdfException if the Nodes don't belong to the same Graph/Node Factory.

Exceptions

Type	Condition
RdfException	Thrown if the Nodes aren't all from the same Graph/Node Factory.

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Triple(INode, INode, INode)

Constructs a Triple from Nodes that belong to the same Graph/Node Factory.

Declaration

public Triple(INode subj, INode pred, INode obj)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
INode	subj	Subject of the Triple.
INode	pred	Predicate of the Triple.
INode	obj	Object of the Triple.

Remarks

Will throw an RdfException if the Nodes don't belong to the same Graph/Node Factory.

Exceptions

Type	Condition
RdfException	Thrown if the Nodes aren't all from the same Graph/Node Factory.

Properties

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Context

Gets the Context Information for this Triple.

Declaration

public ITripleContext Context { get; set; }

Property Value

Type	Description
ITripleContext

Remarks

Context may be null where no Context for the Triple has been defined.

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IsGroundTriple

Gets whether the Triple is a Ground Triple.

Declaration

public bool IsGroundTriple { get; }

Property Value

Type	Description
System.Boolean

Remarks

A Ground Triple is any Triple considered to state a single fixed fact. In practice this means that the Triple does not contain any Blank Nodes, and does not quote any triples containing blank nodes.

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Nodes

Gets an enumeration of the Nodes in the Triple.

Declaration

public IEnumerable<INode> Nodes { get; }

Property Value

Type	Description
System.Collections.Generic.IEnumerable<T><INode>

Remarks

Returned as subject, predicate, object.

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Object

Gets the Object of the Triple.

Declaration

public INode Object { get; }

Property Value

Type	Description
INode

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Predicate

Gets the Predicate of the Triple.

Declaration

public INode Predicate { get; }

Property Value

Type	Description
INode

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Subject

Gets the Subject of the Triple.

Declaration

public INode Subject { get; }

Property Value

Type	Description
INode

Methods

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CompareTo(Triple)

Implementation of CompareTo for Triples which allows Triples to be sorted.

Declaration

public int CompareTo(Triple other)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
Triple	other	Triple to compare to.

Returns

Type	Description
int

Remarks

Triples are Ordered by Subjects, Predicates and then Objects. Triples are only partially orderable since the CompareTo methods on Nodes only define a partial ordering over Nodes.

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Equals(object)

Implementation of Equality for Triples.

Declaration

public override bool Equals(object obj)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
System.Object	obj	Object to compare with.

Returns

Type	Description
System.Boolean

Overrides

object.Equals(object)

Remarks

Triples are considered equal on the basis of two things:.

The Hash Codes of the Triples are identical
The logical conjunction (AND) of the equality of the Subject, Predicate and Object is true. Each pair of Nodes must either be Equal using Node Equality or are both Blank Nodes and have identical Node IDs (i.e. are indistinguishable for equality purposes on a single Triple level)

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GetHashCode()

Implementation of Hash Codes for Triples.

Declaration

public override int GetHashCode()

Returns

Type	Description
int

Overrides

object.GetHashCode()

Remarks

Returns the Hash Code of the Triple which is calculated as the Hash Code of the String formed by concatenating the Hash Codes of its constituent Nodes. This Hash Code is precomputed in the Constructor of a Triple since it will be used a lot (in Triple Equality calculation, Triple Collections etc).

Since Hash Codes are based on a String representation there is no guarantee of uniqueness though the same Triple will always give the same Hash Code (on a given Platform - see the MSDN Documentation for string.GetHashCode() for further details).

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HasObject(INode)

Indicates whether the Triple has the given Node as the Object.

Declaration

public bool HasObject(INode n)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
INode	n	Node to test upon.

Returns

Type	Description
System.Boolean

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HasPredicate(INode)

Indicates whether the Triple has the given Node as the Predicate.

Declaration

public bool HasPredicate(INode n)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
INode	n	Node to test upon.

Returns

Type	Description
System.Boolean

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HasSubject(INode)

Indicates whether the Triple has the given Node as the Subject.

Declaration

public bool HasSubject(INode n)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
INode	n	Node to test upon.

Returns

Type	Description
System.Boolean

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Involves(Uri)

Checks whether the Triple involves a given Uri.

Declaration

public bool Involves(Uri uri)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
System.Uri	uri	The Uri to test upon.

Returns

Type	Description
System.Boolean	True if the Triple has a UriNode with the given Uri.

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Involves(INode)

Checks whether the Triple involves a given Node.

Declaration

public bool Involves(INode n)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
INode	n	The Node to test upon.

Returns

Type	Description
System.Boolean	True if the Triple contains the given node or quotes a triple that involves the given node.

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ToString()

Gets a String representation of a Triple in the form 'Subject , Predicate , Object'.

Declaration

public override string ToString()

Returns

Type	Description
string

Overrides

object.ToString()

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ToString(bool)

Gets a String representation of a Triple in the form 'Subject , Predicate , Object' with optional compression of URIs to QNames.

Declaration

[Obsolete("This method is obsolete and will be removed in a future version. Use ToString() or ToString(ITripleFormatter) instead.")]
public string ToString(bool compress)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
System.Boolean	compress	Controls whether URIs will be compressed to QNames in the String representation.

Returns

Type	Description
string

Remarks

As of dotNetRdf 3.0, this method is obsolete and does not perform an URI to QName compression. To produce a compressed string, use the ToString(ITripleFormatter) overload passing in a formatter configured with the desired INamespaceMapper.

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ToString(ITripleFormatter)

Gets the String representation of a Triple using the given Triple Formatter.

Declaration

public string ToString(ITripleFormatter formatter)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
ITripleFormatter	formatter	Formatter.

Returns

Type	Description
string

Implements

System.IComparable<T>

Extension Methods

Extensions.ToSafeString(object)

Extensions.AsEnumerable<T>(T)

Extensions.MapTriple(Triple, IGraph, Dictionary<INode, INode>)