Class Flag

java.lang.Object

org.episteme.social.politics.flags.Flag

All Implemented Interfaces:

Serializable, Commented, Named

public class Flag
extends Object
implements Named, Commented, Serializable

Represents a flag as a symbolic and visual identifier for a political or social entity. This class stores both the physical image and the structural/symbolic data (colors, symbols, meaning).

Since:

1.0

Author:

Silvere Martin-Michiellot, Gemini AI (Google DeepMind)

See Also:

• Serialized Form

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
Flag(String name, Image image, List<Color> colors, Set<String> symbols, String meaning, double aspectRatio)	Creates a new flag.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
double	getAspectRatio()	Returns the standard width-to-height ratio.
List<Color>	getColors()	Returns an unmodifiable list of the primary colors.
String	getComments()	Returns the comments associated with this object.
Image	getImage()	Returns the visual representation of the flag.
String	getMeaning()	Returns the symbolic meaning of the flag.
String	getName()
Set<String>	getSymbols()	Returns an unmodifiable set of the symbols.
Map<String,Object>	getTraits()	Returns the map of traits/attributes for this object.
String	toString()

Methods inherited from class Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Methods inherited from interface Commented

getTrait, getTrait, setComments, setTrait

Constructor Details

Flag

public Flag(String name,
 Image image,
 List<Color> colors,
 Set<String> symbols,
 String meaning,
 double aspectRatio)

Creates a new flag.

Parameters:

name - the name of the flag (e.g., "Tricolore", "Stars and Stripes")

image - the visual representation

colors - the primary colors used in the flag

symbols - the key symbols present on the flag (e.g., "Star", "Crescent")

meaning - the symbolic meaning or history of the design

aspectRatio - the standard width-to-height ratio (e.g., 1.5 for 3:2)

Method Details

getName

public String getName()

Specified by:

getName in interface Named

getComments

public String getComments()

Description copied from interface: Commented

Returns the comments associated with this object. Maps to a "comments" trait.

Specified by:

getComments in interface Commented

Returns:

the comments

getImage

public Image getImage()

Returns the visual representation of the flag.

Returns:

the image, or null if not unmanaged

getColors

public List<Color> getColors()

Returns an unmodifiable list of the primary colors.

Returns:

the colors

getSymbols

public Set<String> getSymbols()

Returns an unmodifiable set of the symbols.

Returns:

the symbols (strings representing names of symbols)

getMeaning

public String getMeaning()

Returns the symbolic meaning of the flag.

Returns:

the meaning string

getAspectRatio

public double getAspectRatio()

Returns the standard width-to-height ratio.

Returns:

the aspect ratio

toString

public String toString()

Overrides:

toString in class Object

getTraits

public Map<String,Object> getTraits()

Description copied from interface: Commented

Returns the map of traits/attributes for this object. Implementations should provide a mutable map to support default methods.

Specified by:

getTraits in interface Commented

Returns:

the traits map