Class Civilization

java.lang.Object

org.episteme.social.history.archeology.Civilization

All Implemented Interfaces:

Serializable, Commented, ComprehensiveIdentification, Identified<Identification>, Named, Positioned<Place>

public class Civilization
extends Object
implements Positioned<Place>, ComprehensiveIdentification

Represents a civilization, modeled as a culture distributed through space and time. Covers both living and historical societies, tracking their geographical extent and duration. Modernized to implement ComprehensiveIdentification and support dynamic traits and consistent identity.

Since:

1.0

Author:

Silvere Martin-Michiellot, Gemini AI (Google DeepMind)

See Also:

• Serialized Form

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
Civilization(Culture culture, Place place, TimeCoordinate startDate)

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
boolean	equals(Object o)
Culture	getCulture()
String	getDescription()
TimeCoordinate	getEndDate()
Identification	getId()	Returns the unique identifier of this entity.
Place	getPosition()	Returns the position of this entity.
TimeCoordinate	getStartDate()
Map<String,Object>	getTraits()	Returns the traits map for this entity.
int	hashCode()
void	setDescription(String description)
void	setEndDate(TimeCoordinate endDate)
String	toString()

Methods inherited from class Object

clone, finalize, getClass, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Methods inherited from interface Commented

getComments, getTrait, setComments

Methods inherited from interface ComprehensiveIdentification

getName, getTrait, setName, setTrait

Constructor Details

Civilization

public Civilization(Culture culture,
 Place place,
 TimeCoordinate startDate)

Method Details

getId

public Identification getId()

Description copied from interface: Identified

Returns the unique identifier of this entity.

Specified by:

getId in interface Identified<Identification>

Returns:

the identifier

getTraits

public Map<String,Object> getTraits()

Description copied from interface: ComprehensiveIdentification

Returns the traits map for this entity.

Specified by:

getTraits in interface Commented

Specified by:

getTraits in interface ComprehensiveIdentification

Returns:

the traits map

getCulture

public Culture getCulture()

getPosition

public Place getPosition()

Description copied from interface: Positioned

Returns the position of this entity.

Specified by:

getPosition in interface Positioned<Place>

Returns:

the position.

getStartDate

public TimeCoordinate getStartDate()

getEndDate

public TimeCoordinate getEndDate()

setEndDate

public void setEndDate(TimeCoordinate endDate)

getDescription

public String getDescription()

setDescription

public void setDescription(String description)

equals

public boolean equals(Object o)

Overrides:

equals in class Object

hashCode

public int hashCode()

Overrides:

hashCode in class Object

toString

public String toString()

Overrides:

toString in class Object