UKS.Thing Class Reference

In the lexicon of graphs, a Thing is a "node". A Thing can represent anything, physical object, attribute, word, action, etc. More...

Public Member Functions
override string	ToString ()
	Returns a Thing's label don't delete this ToString because the debugger uses it when mousing over a Thing.
string	ToString (bool showProperties=false)
	Formats a displayable Thing as a string.
IList< Thing >	AncestorList ()
bool	HasAncestorLabeled (string label)
	Determines whether a Thing has a specific ancestor.
bool	HasAncestor (Thing t)
	Determines whether a Thing has a specific ancestor.
int	GetDescendentsCount ()
	Determines how many descendants a Thing has.
IList< Thing >	DescendentsList ()
	Returns a list of all of a thing's descendandants. CAUTION: this may be large and time-consuming.
void	SetFired (Thing t=null)
	Updates the last-fired time on a Thing.
Relationship	AddRelationship (Thing target, Thing relationshipType)
	Adds a relationship to a Thing if it does not already exist. The Thing is the source of the relationship.
void	RemoveRelationship (Relationship r)
	Removes a relationship.
Relationship	HasRelationship (Thing t)
Thing	HasRelationshipWithParent (Thing t)
Thing	HasRelationshipWithAncestorLabeled (string s)
void	RemoveRelationship (Thing t2, Thing relationshipType)
List< Relationship >	GetRelationshipsWithAncestor (Thing t)
List< Relationship >	GetRelationshipByWithAncestor (Thing t)
void	AddParent (Thing newParent)
	Addsa a parent to a Thing.
void	RemoveParent (Thing t)
	Remove a parent from a Thing.
Relationship	AddChild (Thing t)
void	RemoveChild (Thing t)
bool	HasPropertyLabeled (string label)

Public Attributes
int	useCount = 0
DateTime	lastFiredTime = new()

Properties
IList< Relationship >	RelationshipsNoCount [get]
	Only used by the tree control.
List< Relationship >	RelationshipsWriteable [get]
	Get an "unsafe" writeable list of a Thing's Relationships. This list may change while it is in use and so should not be used as a foreach iterator.
IList< Relationship >	RelationshipsFrom [get]
	Get a "safe" list of relationships which target this Thing.
List< Relationship >	RelationshipsFromWriteable [get]
	Get an "unsafe" writeable list of Relationships which target this Thing.
List< Relationship >	RelationshipsAsTypeWriteable [get]
	Get an "unsafe" writeable list of Relationships for which this Thing is the relationship type.
object	V [get, set]
	Any serializable object can be attached to a Thing.
string	Label [get, set]
	Manages a Thing's label and maintais a hash table.
IList< Thing >	Parents [get]
	"Safe" list of direct ancestors
IList< Thing >	Children [get]
	"Safe" list of direct descendants
IList< Relationship >	Relationships [get]
	Full "Safe" list or relationships.
IEnumerable< Thing >	Ancestors [get]
	Recursively gets all the ancestors of a Thing.
IEnumerable< Thing >	Descendents [get]
	Rrecursively gets all descendents of a Thing. Use with caution as this might be a large list.
static Thing	HasChild [get]

Detailed Description

In the lexicon of graphs, a Thing is a "node". A Thing can represent anything, physical object, attribute, word, action, etc.

Member Function Documentation

AddParent()

void UKS.Thing.AddParent ( Thing newParent )

inline

Addsa a parent to a Thing.

Parameters

newParent

AddRelationship()

Relationship UKS.Thing.AddRelationship ( Thing target, Thing relationshipType )

inline

Adds a relationship to a Thing if it does not already exist. The Thing is the source of the relationship.

Parameters

target	Target Thing
relationshipType	RelatinoshipType Thing

Returns

the new or existing Relationship

DescendentsList()

IList< Thing > UKS.Thing.DescendentsList ( )

inline

Returns a list of all of a thing's descendandants. CAUTION: this may be large and time-consuming.

Returns

GetDescendentsCount()

int UKS.Thing.GetDescendentsCount ( )

inline

Determines how many descendants a Thing has.

Returns

the count

HasAncestor()

bool UKS.Thing.HasAncestor ( Thing t )

inline

Determines whether a Thing has a specific ancestor.

Parameters

label

Returns

HasAncestorLabeled()

bool UKS.Thing.HasAncestorLabeled ( string label )

inline

Determines whether a Thing has a specific ancestor.

Parameters

label

Returns

RemoveParent()

void UKS.Thing.RemoveParent ( Thing t )

inline

Remove a parent from a Thing.

Parameters

t	If the Thing is not a parent, the function does nothing

RemoveRelationship()

void UKS.Thing.RemoveRelationship ( Relationship r )

inline

Removes a relationship.

Parameters

r	The Relationship's source neede not be this Thing

SetFired()

void UKS.Thing.SetFired ( Thing t = null )

inline

Updates the last-fired time on a Thing.

Parameters

t	optional: may select a different Thing

ToString() [1/2]

override string UKS.Thing.ToString ( )

inline

Returns a Thing's label don't delete this ToString because the debugger uses it when mousing over a Thing.

Returns

the Thing's label

ToString() [2/2]

string UKS.Thing.ToString ( bool showProperties = false )

inline

Formats a displayable Thing as a string.

Parameters

showProperties

Appends a parenthetical list of relationships to the label

Returns

The string to display

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The documentation for this class was generated from the following files:

• Thing.cs
• Thing.Helper.cs