Interface GetStatementOptional

Functional Interface:

This is a functional interface and can therefore be used as the assignment target for a lambda expression or method reference.

@FunctionalInterface
public interface GetStatementOptional

Either supplies a statement matching the given pattern, or Optional.empty() otherwise.

Author:

Peter Ansell

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
Optional<Statement>	get(Resource subject, IRI predicate, Value object, Resource... contexts)	Either supplies a statement matching the given pattern, or Optional.empty() otherwise.

Method Details

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Optional<Statement> get(Resource subject,
 IRI predicate,
 Value object,
 Resource... contexts)

Either supplies a statement matching the given pattern, or Optional.empty() otherwise.

Parameters:

subject - A Resource to be used to match to statements.

predicate - An IRI to be used to match to statements.

object - A Value to be used to match to statements.

contexts - An array of context Resource objects, or left out (not null) to select from all contexts.

Returns:

An Optional either containing a single statement matching the pattern or Optional.empty() otherwise.