rdf-ex/lib/rdf/quad.ex

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Elixir

defmodule RDF.Quad do
@moduledoc """
Helper functions for RDF quads.
A RDF Quad is represented as a plain Elixir tuple consisting of four valid
RDF values for subject, predicate, object and a graph context.
"""
alias RDF.Statement
@doc """
Creates a `RDF.Quad` with proper RDF values.
An error is raised when the given elements are not coercible to RDF values.
Note: The `RDF.quad` function is a shortcut to this function.
## Examples
iex> RDF.Quad.new("http://example.com/S", "http://example.com/p", 42, "http://example.com/Graph")
{~I<http://example.com/S>, ~I<http://example.com/p>, RDF.literal(42), ~I<http://example.com/Graph>}
iex> RDF.Quad.new(EX.S, EX.p, 42, EX.Graph)
{RDF.iri("http://example.com/S"), RDF.iri("http://example.com/p"), RDF.literal(42), RDF.iri("http://example.com/Graph")}
"""
def new(subject, predicate, object, graph_context) do
{
Statement.coerce_subject(subject),
Statement.coerce_predicate(predicate),
Statement.coerce_object(object),
Statement.coerce_graph_name(graph_context)
}
end
@doc """
Creates a `RDF.Quad` with proper RDF values.
An error is raised when the given elements are not coercible to RDF values.
Note: The `RDF.quad` function is a shortcut to this function.
## Examples
iex> RDF.Quad.new {"http://example.com/S", "http://example.com/p", 42, "http://example.com/Graph"}
{~I<http://example.com/S>, ~I<http://example.com/p>, RDF.literal(42), ~I<http://example.com/Graph>}
iex> RDF.Quad.new {EX.S, EX.p, 42, EX.Graph}
{RDF.iri("http://example.com/S"), RDF.iri("http://example.com/p"), RDF.literal(42), RDF.iri("http://example.com/Graph")}
"""
def new({subject, predicate, object, graph_context}),
do: new(subject, predicate, object, graph_context)
end