org.trellisldp.api

Interface AgentService

All Known Implementing Classes:

SimpleAgentService

public interface AgentService

This service provides a mechanism for converting an agent String into an IRI.

Depending on the implementation used, this conversion may involve a mapping, a prefixing or a simple conversion of a string-based IRI into an IRI object.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
IRI	asAgent(String agent) Convert an agent String into an IRI.

Method Detail

asAgent

IRI asAgent(String agent)

Convert an agent String into an IRI.

Implementations of this interface should gracefully handle null and empty values, possibly mapping them to an agent such as trellis:AnonymousAgent.

Parameters:

agent - the agent as a string

Returns:

the agent as an IRI