Class Lawyer

java.lang.Object

org.episteme.social.sociology.Role

org.episteme.social.economics.EconomicAgent

org.episteme.social.economics.Worker

org.episteme.social.law.Lawyer

All Implemented Interfaces:

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

public class Lawyer
extends Worker

The Lawyer class represents a legal professional whose primary role is to provide legal advice and represent individuals or organizations in legal matters.

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
Lawyer(Individual individual, LawSuitSituation lawSuitSituation, String function, Administration administration)	Creates a new Lawyer object.
Lawyer(Individual individual, LawSuitSituation lawSuitSituation, Administration administration)	Creates a new Lawyer object with the default function "Lawyer".

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
void	addClient(Individual individual)	Adds a new client to the lawyer's representation.
Set<Individual>	getClients()	Returns the set of clients currently represented by this lawyer.
void	removeClient(Individual individual)	Removes a client from the lawyer's representation.
void	setClients(Set<Individual> clients)	Sets the set of clients for this lawyer.

Methods inherited from class Worker

addSubaltern, equals, extractTree, getAllSubalterns, getAnnualIncome, getChiefs, getCommonRoot, getCoWorkers, getLeaders, getLineage, getOrganization, getSubalterns, getSubalternsAtLevelK, getWorkedHours, hasChief, hasChild, hasChild, hasDistantSubaltern, hashCode, removeSubaltern, reparent, setAnnualIncome, setFunction, setOrganization, setSubalterns, setWorkedHours, setWorkedHours

Methods inherited from class EconomicAgent

addBelonging, getBelongings, getCommunity, getWallet, removeBelonging, setBelongings, setWallet

Methods inherited from class Role

getId, getIndividual, getKind, getSituation, getTraits, getWhen, 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

Lawyer

public Lawyer(Individual individual,
 LawSuitSituation lawSuitSituation,
 String function,
 Administration administration)

Creates a new Lawyer object.

Parameters:

individual - the biological individual who is a lawyer

lawSuitSituation - the legal situation or context

function - the specific role or title (e.g., "Counsel", "Advocate")

administration - the administrative body the lawyer belongs to

Throws:

IllegalArgumentException - if individual, lawSuitSituation, or administration is null

Lawyer

public Lawyer(Individual individual,
 LawSuitSituation lawSuitSituation,
 Administration administration)

Creates a new Lawyer object with the default function "Lawyer".

Parameters:

individual - the biological individual who is a lawyer

lawSuitSituation - the legal situation or context

administration - the administrative body the lawyer belongs to

Throws:

IllegalArgumentException - if individual, lawSuitSituation, or administration is null

Method Details

getClients

public Set<Individual> getClients()

Returns the set of clients currently represented by this lawyer.

Returns:

the set of clients

setClients

public void setClients(Set<Individual> clients)

Sets the set of clients for this lawyer.

Parameters:

clients - the new set of clients

Throws:

IllegalArgumentException - if the set is null or contains non-Individual entities

addClient

public void addClient(Individual individual)

Adds a new client to the lawyer's representation.

Parameters:

individual - the individual to add as a client

Throws:

IllegalArgumentException - if individual is null

removeClient

public void removeClient(Individual individual)

Removes a client from the lawyer's representation.

Parameters:

individual - the individual to remove