Class Defendant

java.lang.Object

org.episteme.social.sociology.Role

org.episteme.social.law.Defendant

All Implemented Interfaces:

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

public class Defendant
extends Role

Represents the defendant in a legal proceeding. A defendant is an individual or entity against whom a lawsuit or criminal charge is brought.

Since:

1.0

Author:

Silvere Martin-Michiellot, Gemini AI (Google DeepMind)

See Also:

• Serialized Form

Field Summary

Fields inherited from class Role

CLIENT, OBSERVER, SERVER, SUPERVISOR

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
Defendant(Individual individual, LawSuitSituation lawSuitSituation)	Creates a new Defendant object.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
void	addCharge(String charge)	Adds a specific charge to the defendant's record.
Set<String>	getCharges()	Returns the set of charges brought against the defendant.
void	removeCharge(String charge)	Removes a specific charge from the defendant's record.
void	setCharges(Set<String> charges)	Sets the legal charges for this defendant.

Methods inherited from class Role

equals, getId, getIndividual, getKind, getSituation, getTraits, getWhen, hashCode, setKind, setTimestamp, 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

Defendant

public Defendant(Individual individual,
 LawSuitSituation lawSuitSituation)

Creates a new Defendant object.

Parameters:

individual - the individual taking the role of defendant

lawSuitSituation - the legal situation or trial context

Method Details

getCharges

public Set<String> getCharges()

Returns the set of charges brought against the defendant.

Returns:

a set of charge descriptions

setCharges

public void setCharges(Set<String> charges)

Sets the legal charges for this defendant.

Parameters:

charges - a set of strings representing individual charges

Throws:

IllegalArgumentException - if the set is null or contains non-string elements

addCharge

public void addCharge(String charge)

Adds a specific charge to the defendant's record.

Parameters:

charge - the charge description

removeCharge

public void removeCharge(String charge)

Removes a specific charge from the defendant's record.

Parameters:

charge - the charge description to remove