org.semanticweb.owlapi.change

Class OWLOntologyChangeData

java.lang.Object

org.semanticweb.owlapi.change.OWLOntologyChangeData

All Implemented Interfaces:

Serializable, HasSignature

Direct Known Subclasses:

AxiomChangeData, ImportChangeData, OntologyAnnotationChangeData, SetOntologyIDData

public abstract class OWLOntologyChangeData
extends Object
implements HasSignature, Serializable

Represents an abstraction of the essential non-ontology data required by a particular kind of OWLOntologyChange. There is a concrete subclass of this class for each concrete class of OWLOntologyChange.
Instances of this class are immutable.

Since:

3.3

Author:

Matthew Horridge, Stanford University, Bio-Medical Informatics Research Group

See Also:

OWLOntologyChange.getChangeData(), Serialized Form

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
abstract <R,E extends Exception> R	accept(OWLOntologyChangeDataVisitor<R,E> visitor) Accepts a visit from an OWLOntologyChangeDataVisitor.
abstract OWLOntologyChange	createOntologyChange(OWLOntology ontology) Creates an OWLOntologyChange object that pertains to the specified ontology, which when applied to the specified ontology enacts the change described by this info object.
boolean	equals(Object obj)
abstract Object	getItem()
int	hashCode()
String	toString()

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

getClass, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Methods inherited from interface org.semanticweb.owlapi.model.HasSignature

getSignature

Method Detail

accept

public abstract <R,E extends Exception> R accept(@Nonnull
                                                 OWLOntologyChangeDataVisitor<R,E> visitor)
                                          throws E extends Exception

Accepts a visit from an OWLOntologyChangeDataVisitor.

Type Parameters:

R - The return type for visitor's visit methods.

E - The exception type for exceptions thrown by the visitor's visit methods.

Parameters:

visitor - The visitor

Returns:

The object returned by the visitor's visit methods.

Throws:

E - The exception thrown by the visitor's visit methods.

E extends Exception

createOntologyChange

@Nonnull
public abstract OWLOntologyChange createOntologyChange(@Nonnull
                                                                OWLOntology ontology)

Creates an OWLOntologyChange object that pertains to the specified ontology, which when applied to the specified ontology enacts the change described by this info object.

Parameters:

ontology - The OWLOntology that the change should apply to.

Returns:

An OWLOntologyChange object that applies to ontology and changes ontology in a way that is consistent with this the information held in this OWLOntologyChangeData object.

toString

public String toString()

Overrides:

toString in class Object

getItem

@Nonnull
public abstract Object getItem()

Returns:

the object this change is adding or removing

hashCode

public int hashCode()

Overrides:

hashCode in class Object

equals

public boolean equals(Object obj)

Overrides:

equals in class Object