Class Culture

java.lang.Object

org.episteme.social.sociology.Culture

All Implemented Interfaces:

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

public class Culture
extends Object
implements ComprehensiveIdentification

Represents the cumulative shared elements of a social SociologicalGroup or civilization. A culture encompasses values (beliefs), norms (rituals), and societal artifacts, as well as identifying traits like language and technological sophistication. Modernized to implement ComprehensiveIdentification and support dynamic traits and consistent identity. * @version 1.2

Since:

1.0

Author:

Silvere Martin-Michiellot, Gemini AI (Google DeepMind)

See Also:

• Serialized Form

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
Culture(String name, Language language)	Legacy constructor.
Culture(String name, Language language, int technologicalLevel, Set<Belief> beliefs, Set<Celebration> celebrations, Set<Ritual> rituals, int maritalType, String comments)	Creates a new Culture with specified traits.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
void	addCelebration(String name)
void	addCelebration(Celebration celebration)
boolean	equals(Object o)
Set<Belief>	getBeliefs()	Returns an unmodifiable set of shared beliefs.
Set<Celebration>	getCelebrations()	Returns an unmodifiable set of celebrations.
Identification	getId()	Returns the unique identifier of this entity.
Language	getLanguage()	Returns the primary language of this culture.
int	getMaritalType()	Returns the marital system classification.
Set<Ritual>	getRituals()	Returns an unmodifiable set of rituals.
int	getTechnologicalLevel()	Returns the technological advancement level.
Map<String,Object>	getTraits()	Returns the traits map for this entity.
int	hashCode()
void	setLanguage(Language language)
void	setMaritalType(int maritalType)
void	setTechnologicalLevel(int technologicalLevel)
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

Culture

public Culture(String name,
 Language language,
 int technologicalLevel,
 Set<Belief> beliefs,
 Set<Celebration> celebrations,
 Set<Ritual> rituals,
 int maritalType,
 String comments)

Creates a new Culture with specified traits.

Parameters:

name - civilization name

language - primary language

technologicalLevel - complexity level

beliefs - set of shared beliefs

celebrations - set of cultural celebrations

rituals - set of cultural rituals

maritalType - preferred marital structure

comments - descriptive details

Throws:

NullPointerException - if any required argument is null

Culture

public Culture(String name,
 Language language)

Legacy constructor.

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

getLanguage

public Language getLanguage()

Returns the primary language of this culture.

Returns:

the language

setLanguage

public void setLanguage(Language language)

getTechnologicalLevel

public int getTechnologicalLevel()

Returns the technological advancement level.

Returns:

the level

setTechnologicalLevel

public void setTechnologicalLevel(int technologicalLevel)

getBeliefs

public Set<Belief> getBeliefs()

Returns an unmodifiable set of shared beliefs.

Returns:

the beliefs

getCelebrations

public Set<Celebration> getCelebrations()

Returns an unmodifiable set of celebrations.

Returns:

the celebrations

addCelebration

public void addCelebration(Celebration celebration)

addCelebration

public void addCelebration(String name)

getRituals

public Set<Ritual> getRituals()

Returns an unmodifiable set of rituals.

Returns:

the rituals

getMaritalType

public int getMaritalType()

Returns the marital system classification.

Returns:

the marital type

setMaritalType

public void setMaritalType(int maritalType)

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