votorola.a.election.district
Interface RegionalPath

All Superinterfaces:

Serializable

All Known Subinterfaces:

RegionalPathM

All Known Implementing Classes:

RegionalPath1, RegionalPathMP, WP_Election.RegionalPathMPE

public interface RegionalPath
extends Serializable

A hierarchical classifier for elections, composed of a series of nodes in the regional strata: SCHEME/DISTRICT/ELECTION. It is primarily intended for official elections. Another classifier (probably YEAR/MONTH/NORM) will later be defined for normative elections.

See Also:

RegionalStratum

Nested Class Summary

static class

RegionalPath.X Utilities for regional paths.

Method Summary

String	electionName() The service name of the election, per getElection().
District	getDistrict() The district of the election.
RegionalElectionNode	getElection() The regional node of the election.
RegionalScheme	getScheme() Identifies the regional scheme of the election.

Method Detail

getScheme

RegionalScheme getScheme()

Identifies the regional scheme of the election.

Returns:

the regional scheme instance; or null, if neither a regional scheme, nor a district, nor an election is identified

See Also:

RegionalStratum.scheme

getDistrict

District getDistrict()

The district of the election.

Returns:

the district; or null, if neither a district nor an election is identified

See Also:

RegionalStratum.district

electionName

String electionName()

The service name of the election, per getElection().name().

Returns:

the service name of the election; or null, if no election is identified

See Also:

getElection()

getElection

RegionalElectionNode getElection()

The regional node of the election.

Returns:

the node of an election; or null, if no election is identified

See Also:

electionName(), RegionalStratum.election