Package org.spdx.library.model.v2.pointer

RDF model classes which implement the proposed W3C Pointer classes From the W3C documentation, pointers are entities that permit identifying a portion or segment of a piece of content - making use of the Resource Description Framework (RDF). It also describes a number of specific types of pointers that permit portions of a document to be referred to in different ways. When referring to a specific part of, say, a piece of web content, it is useful to be able to have a consistent manner by which to refer to a particular segment of a web document, to have a variety of ways by which to refer to that same segment, and to make the reference robust in the face of changes to that document. Pointers are used to describe SPDX Snippet ranges.

Author:

Gary O'Neall

Class Summary

Class	Description
ByteOffsetPointer	Byte offset pointer per RDF 2.3.2.2 ByteOffsetPointer Class
CompoundPointer	A pointing method made up of a pair of pointers that identify a well defined section within a document delimited by a begin and an end.
LineCharPointer	Pointer for lines and characters
SinglePointer	A pointing method made up of a unique pointer This is an abstract single pointer that provides the necessary framework, but it does not provide any kind of pointer, so more specific subclasses must be used.
StartEndPointer	A compound pointer pointing out parts of a document by means of a range delimited by a pair of single pointers that define the start point and the end point.