Class Belief

java.lang.Object

org.episteme.social.philosophy.Belief

All Implemented Interfaces:

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

Direct Known Subclasses:

PhilosophicalCurrent

public class Belief
extends Object
implements ComprehensiveIdentification

Represents a fundamental conviction or tenet within a philosophical system.

Beliefs are the core units of conviction that form the basis of larger philosophical frameworks and argumentations.

Modernized to implement ComprehensiveIdentification and support dynamic traits and consistent identity. * @version 7.0

Since:

1.0

Author:

Silvere Martin-Michiellot, Gemini AI (Google DeepMind)

See Also:

• Serialized Form

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
Belief(String name, String comments)	Creates a new Belief.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
void	addRelatedConcept(Concept concept)
boolean	equals(Object o)
Identification	getId()	Returns the unique identifier of this entity.
Set<Concept>	getRelatedConcepts()
Map<String,Object>	getTraits()	Returns the traits map for this entity.
int	hashCode()
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

Belief

public Belief(String name,
 String comments)

Creates a new Belief.

Parameters:

name - the name or title of the belief

comments - descriptive text or rationale

Throws:

IllegalArgumentException - if null or empty arguments are provided

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

addRelatedConcept

public void addRelatedConcept(Concept concept)

getRelatedConcepts

public Set<Concept> getRelatedConcepts()

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