Class Contract

java.lang.Object

org.episteme.social.law.Contract

All Implemented Interfaces:

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

public class Contract
extends Object
implements ComprehensiveIdentification

A class representing a legal contract or agreement between organizations or individuals. It describes the terms, clauses, and identifiers of the deal. 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
Contract(String title, LocalDate date)	Helper constructor for LocalDate.
Contract(String title, TimeCoordinate date)	Minimal constructor.
Contract(Organization firstParty, Organization secondParty, String title, TimeCoordinate date, List<String> contents)	Creates a new Contract with parties and contents.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
void	addClause(String clause)
void	addParty(Person person)
boolean	equals(Object o)
List<String>	getContents()
Organization	getFirstParty()
Identification	getId()	Returns the unique identifier of this entity.
Set<Person>	getParties()
Organization	getSecondParty()
TimeCoordinate	getSigningDate()
Map<String,Object>	getTraits()	Returns the traits map for this entity.
int	hashCode()
boolean	isValid()
void	setFirstParty(Organization firstParty)
void	setSecondParty(Organization secondParty)
void	setSigningDate(TimeCoordinate signingDate)
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

Contract

public Contract(String title,
 TimeCoordinate date)

Minimal constructor.

Contract

public Contract(String title,
 LocalDate date)

Helper constructor for LocalDate.

Contract

public Contract(Organization firstParty,
 Organization secondParty,
 String title,
 TimeCoordinate date,
 List<String> contents)

Creates a new Contract with parties and contents.

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

getFirstParty

public Organization getFirstParty()

setFirstParty

public void setFirstParty(Organization firstParty)

getSecondParty

public Organization getSecondParty()

setSecondParty

public void setSecondParty(Organization secondParty)

getSigningDate

public TimeCoordinate getSigningDate()

setSigningDate

public void setSigningDate(TimeCoordinate signingDate)

getContents

public List<String> getContents()

addClause

public void addClause(String clause)

addParty

public void addParty(Person person)

getParties

public Set<Person> getParties()

isValid

public boolean isValid()

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