org.semanticweb.owlapi.io

Class AbstractOWLParser

java.lang.Object

org.semanticweb.owlapi.io.AbstractOWLParser

All Implemented Interfaces:

Serializable, OWLParser

public abstract class AbstractOWLParser
extends Object
implements OWLParser, Serializable

A convenience base class for parsers, which provides a mechanism to manage the setting and getting of the OWLOntologyManager that should be associated with the parser. Note: all current parser implementations are stateless.

Since:

2.0.0

Author:

Matthew Horridge, The University Of Manchester, Bio-Health Informatics Group

See Also:

Serialized Form

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
String	getName()
OWLDocumentFormat	parse(IRI documentIRI, OWLOntology ontology) Parses the ontology with a concrete representation available at documentIRI and adds its axioms to ontology.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

equals, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Methods inherited from interface org.semanticweb.owlapi.io.OWLParser

getSupportedFormat, parse

Method Detail

parse

@Nonnull
public OWLDocumentFormat parse(IRI documentIRI,
                                        OWLOntology ontology)
                                 throws IOException

Description copied from interface: OWLParser

Parses the ontology with a concrete representation available at documentIRI and adds its axioms to ontology. Implementors of this method should load imported ontologies through makeLoadImportRequest().

Specified by:

parse in interface OWLParser

Parameters:

documentIRI - the IRI of the document to parse

ontology - the ontology to which the parsed axioms are added

Returns:

the format of the parsed ontology

Throws:

IOException - if there was an IO problem during parsing.

getName

public String getName()

Specified by:

getName in interface OWLParser

Returns:

a unique name for the parser, typically the simple class name