Class Statute

java.lang.Object

org.episteme.social.law.Statute

All Implemented Interfaces:

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

public class Statute
extends Object
implements ComprehensiveIdentification

Represents a legal statute, law, or regulation.

A statute is a formal written enactment of a legislative authority. This class provides a structured representation including hierarchical elements like articles.

Modernized to implement ComprehensiveIdentification and use extensible StatuteType and StatuteStatus.

Since:

1.0

Author:

Silvere Martin-Michiellot, Gemini AI (Google DeepMind)

See Also:

• Serialized Form

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
Statute(String code, String title, StatuteType type, String jurisdiction, int yearEnacted, StatuteStatus status)

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
void	addArticle(Article article)
boolean	equals(Object o)
List<Article>	getArticles()
String	getCode()
Identification	getId()	Returns the unique identifier of this entity.
String	getJurisdiction()
StatuteStatus	getStatus()
String	getTitle()
Map<String,Object>	getTraits()	Returns the traits map for this entity.
StatuteType	getType()
int	getYearEnacted()
int	hashCode()
boolean	isActive()
void	setJurisdiction(String jurisdiction)
void	setStatus(StatuteStatus status)
void	setType(StatuteType type)
void	setYearEnacted(int yearEnacted)
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

Statute

public Statute(String code,
 String title,
 StatuteType type,
 String jurisdiction,
 int yearEnacted,
 StatuteStatus status)

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

getCode

public String getCode()

getTitle

public String getTitle()

getType

public StatuteType getType()

setType

public void setType(StatuteType type)

getJurisdiction

public String getJurisdiction()

setJurisdiction

public void setJurisdiction(String jurisdiction)

getYearEnacted

public int getYearEnacted()

setYearEnacted

public void setYearEnacted(int yearEnacted)

getStatus

public StatuteStatus getStatus()

setStatus

public void setStatus(StatuteStatus status)

getArticles

public List<Article> getArticles()

addArticle

public void addArticle(Article article)

isActive

public boolean isActive()

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