Entity

class Entity

Represents an entity in the RO-Crate. An entity can have multiple types and properties, where each property can have multiple values. Properties can be set as either literal values or references to other entities.

Functions

Name	Description
Entity	Constructs an Entity with the specified types.
set	Sets a property-value pair for the entity.
set	Sets a property to reference another entity.
assignId	Assigns an '@id' to the entity.

Function Details

Entity

explicit Entity(std::vector<std::string> types)

Constructs an Entity with the specified types.

types

A vector of strings representing the types of the entity.

Throw

std::invalid_argument if the types vector is empty.

assignId

void assignId(const std::string& id)

Assigns an '@id' to the entity.

id

The identifier to assign to the entity.

Throw

std::invalid_argument if the id is empty.

set

void set( Property property, Value value, ValueType type = ValueType::Literal )

Sets a property-value pair for the entity.

property

The name of the property to set.

value

The value to assign to the property.

valueType

The type of the value (Literal or Reference).

Throw

std::invalid_argument if the property name or value is empty, or if attempting to set '@id' directly.

void set(Property property, const Entity& entity)

Sets a property to reference another entity.

property

The name of the property to set.

entity

The entity to reference.

Throw

std::invalid_argument if the property name is empty.

Throw

std::runtime_error if the referenced entity does not have an '@id' property set.