Value (Stardog-11.0.0 API)

All Superinterfaces:

java.io.Serializable

All Known Subinterfaces:

BNode, IRI, Literal, Resource, Statement, TransientValue

All Known Implementing Classes:

ArrayLiteral, StatementPattern
```
@Immutable
public interface Value
extends java.io.Serializable
```
Base type for a node in an RDF graph

Since:

1.0

Version:

1.0

Author:

Michael Grove

See Also:

RDF Data Model

Method Summary

Static Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`static java.lang.String`	`lex(Value theValue)`	Return the lexical value of a `Value`, which is dependent on the type of the `Value`.
`static int`	`lexLength(Value theValue)`	Determine length of lexical value, can be used to estimate memory usage

- Method Detail
  - lex
```
@Nonnull
static java.lang.String lex(@Nonnull
                            Value theValue)
```
    Return the lexical value of a Value, which is dependent on the type of the `Value`.
    
    Literal -- the Literal.label()
    
    BNode -- the BNode.id()
    
    IRI -- the IRI#toString() (ie the plain IRI)
    Parameters:
    
    theValue - the value
    
    Returns:
    
    the label
  - lexLength
```
static int lexLength(@Nonnull
                     Value theValue)
```
    Determine length of lexical value, can be used to estimate memory usage
    
    Parameters:
    
    theValue - value to measure
    
    Returns:
    
    exact length of the lexical value