org.semanticweb.owlapi.model

Interface HasRemoveAxioms

All Known Subinterfaces:

OWLOntologyManager

public interface HasRemoveAxioms

Since:

3.5

Author:

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

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
ChangeApplied	removeAxioms(OWLOntology ont, Set<? extends OWLAxiom> axioms) A convenience method that removes a set of axioms from an ontology.

Method Detail

removeAxioms

@Nonnull
ChangeApplied removeAxioms(@Nonnull
                                    OWLOntology ont,
                                    @Nonnull
                                    Set<? extends OWLAxiom> axioms)

A convenience method that removes a set of axioms from an ontology. The appropriate RemoveAxiom change objects are automatically generated.

Parameters:

ont - The ontology from which the axioms should be removed.

axioms - The axioms to be removed. Not null

Returns:

ChangeApplied.SUCCESSFULLY if the axiom is added, ChangeApplied.UNSUCCESSFULLY otherwise.

Throws:

OWLOntologyChangeException - if there was a problem removing the axioms