org.semanticweb.owlapi.model

Interface OWLObject

All Superinterfaces:

Comparable<OWLObject>, HasAnnotationPropertiesInSignature, HasAnonymousIndividuals, HasClassesInSignature, HasContainsEntityInSignature, HasDataPropertiesInSignature, HasDatatypesInSignature, HasIndividualsInSignature, HasObjectPropertiesInSignature, HasSignature, Serializable

All Known Subinterfaces:

OWLAnnotation, OWLAnnotationAssertionAxiom, OWLAnnotationAxiom, OWLAnnotationObject, OWLAnnotationProperty, OWLAnnotationPropertyDomainAxiom, OWLAnnotationPropertyRangeAxiom, OWLAnnotationSubject, OWLAnnotationValue, OWLAnonymousClassExpression, OWLAnonymousIndividual, OWLAsymmetricObjectPropertyAxiom, OWLAxiom, OWLBooleanClassExpression, OWLCardinalityRestriction<F>, OWLClass, OWLClassAssertionAxiom, OWLClassAxiom, OWLClassExpression, OWLDataAllValuesFrom, OWLDataCardinalityRestriction, OWLDataComplementOf, OWLDataExactCardinality, OWLDataHasValue, OWLDataIntersectionOf, OWLDataMaxCardinality, OWLDataMinCardinality, OWLDataOneOf, OWLDataProperty, OWLDataPropertyAssertionAxiom, OWLDataPropertyAxiom, OWLDataPropertyCharacteristicAxiom, OWLDataPropertyDomainAxiom, OWLDataPropertyExpression, OWLDataPropertyRangeAxiom, OWLDataRange, OWLDataRestriction, OWLDataSomeValuesFrom, OWLDatatype, OWLDatatypeDefinitionAxiom, OWLDatatypeRestriction, OWLDataUnionOf, OWLDeclarationAxiom, OWLDifferentIndividualsAxiom, OWLDisjointClassesAxiom, OWLDisjointDataPropertiesAxiom, OWLDisjointObjectPropertiesAxiom, OWLDisjointUnionAxiom, OWLEntity, OWLEquivalentClassesAxiom, OWLEquivalentDataPropertiesAxiom, OWLEquivalentObjectPropertiesAxiom, OWLFacetRestriction, OWLFunctionalDataPropertyAxiom, OWLFunctionalObjectPropertyAxiom, OWLHasKeyAxiom, OWLHasValueRestriction<V>, OWLIndividual, OWLIndividualAxiom, OWLInverseFunctionalObjectPropertyAxiom, OWLInverseObjectPropertiesAxiom, OWLIrreflexiveObjectPropertyAxiom, OWLLiteral, OWLLogicalAxiom, OWLLogicalEntity, OWLMutableOntology, OWLNamedIndividual, OWLNamedObject, OWLNaryAxiom<C>, OWLNaryBooleanClassExpression, OWLNaryClassAxiom, OWLNaryDataRange, OWLNaryIndividualAxiom, OWLNaryPropertyAxiom<P>, OWLNegativeDataPropertyAssertionAxiom, OWLNegativeObjectPropertyAssertionAxiom, OWLObjectAllValuesFrom, OWLObjectCardinalityRestriction, OWLObjectComplementOf, OWLObjectExactCardinality, OWLObjectHasSelf, OWLObjectHasValue, OWLObjectIntersectionOf, OWLObjectInverseOf, OWLObjectMaxCardinality, OWLObjectMinCardinality, OWLObjectOneOf, OWLObjectProperty, OWLObjectPropertyAssertionAxiom, OWLObjectPropertyAxiom, OWLObjectPropertyCharacteristicAxiom, OWLObjectPropertyDomainAxiom, OWLObjectPropertyExpression, OWLObjectPropertyRangeAxiom, OWLObjectRestriction, OWLObjectSomeValuesFrom, OWLObjectUnionOf, OWLOntology, OWLPrimitive, OWLProperty, OWLPropertyAssertionAxiom<P,O>, OWLPropertyAssertionObject, OWLPropertyAxiom, OWLPropertyDomain, OWLPropertyDomainAxiom<P>, OWLPropertyExpression, OWLPropertyRange, OWLPropertyRangeAxiom<P,R>, OWLQuantifiedDataRestriction, OWLQuantifiedObjectRestriction, OWLQuantifiedRestriction<F>, OWLReflexiveObjectPropertyAxiom, OWLRestriction, OWLSameIndividualAxiom, OWLSubAnnotationPropertyOfAxiom, OWLSubClassOfAxiom, OWLSubDataPropertyOfAxiom, OWLSubObjectPropertyOfAxiom, OWLSubPropertyAxiom<P>, OWLSubPropertyChainOfAxiom, OWLSymmetricObjectPropertyAxiom, OWLTransitiveObjectPropertyAxiom, OWLUnaryPropertyAxiom<P>, SWRLArgument, SWRLAtom, SWRLBinaryAtom<A,B>, SWRLBuiltInAtom, SWRLClassAtom, SWRLDArgument, SWRLDataPropertyAtom, SWRLDataRangeAtom, SWRLDifferentIndividualsAtom, SWRLIArgument, SWRLIndividualArgument, SWRLLiteralArgument, SWRLObject, SWRLObjectPropertyAtom, SWRLRule, SWRLSameIndividualAtom, SWRLUnaryAtom<A>, SWRLVariable

All Known Implementing Classes:

IRI

public interface OWLObject
extends Comparable<OWLObject>, Serializable, HasSignature, HasContainsEntityInSignature, HasAnonymousIndividuals, HasClassesInSignature, HasObjectPropertiesInSignature, HasDataPropertiesInSignature, HasIndividualsInSignature, HasDatatypesInSignature, HasAnnotationPropertiesInSignature

Since:

2.0.0

Author:

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

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
void	accept(OWLObjectVisitor visitor) Accepts a visitor
<O> O	accept(OWLObjectVisitorEx<O> visitor) Accepts a visitor
Set<OWLClassExpression>	getNestedClassExpressions() Gets all of the nested (includes top level) class expressions that are used in this object
boolean	isBottomEntity() Determines if this object is either, owl:Nothing (the bottom class), owl:bottomObjectProperty (the bottom object property) , owl:bottomDataProperty (the bottom data property).
boolean	isTopEntity() Determines if this object is either, owl:Thing (the top class), owl:topObjectProperty (the top object property) , owl:topDataProperty (the top data property) or rdfs:Literal (the top datatype).
String	toString()

Methods inherited from interface java.lang.Comparable

compareTo

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

getSignature

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

containsEntityInSignature

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

getAnonymousIndividuals

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

getClassesInSignature

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

getObjectPropertiesInSignature

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

getDataPropertiesInSignature

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

getIndividualsInSignature

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

getDatatypesInSignature

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

getAnnotationPropertiesInSignature

Method Detail

getNestedClassExpressions

@Nonnull
Set<OWLClassExpression> getNestedClassExpressions()

Gets all of the nested (includes top level) class expressions that are used in this object

Returns:

A set of OWLClassExpressions that represent the nested class expressions used in this object.

accept

void accept(@Nonnull
            OWLObjectVisitor visitor)

Accepts a visitor

Parameters:

visitor - The visitor

accept

@Nonnull
<O> O accept(@Nonnull
                      OWLObjectVisitorEx<O> visitor)

Accepts a visitor

Type Parameters:

O - visitor return type

Parameters:

visitor - The visitor

Returns:

visitor value

isTopEntity

boolean isTopEntity()

Determines if this object is either, owl:Thing (the top class), owl:topObjectProperty (the top object property) , owl:topDataProperty (the top data property) or rdfs:Literal (the top datatype).

Returns:

true if this object corresponds to one of the above entities.

isBottomEntity

boolean isBottomEntity()

Determines if this object is either, owl:Nothing (the bottom class), owl:bottomObjectProperty (the bottom object property) , owl:bottomDataProperty (the bottom data property).

Returns:

true if this object corresponds to one of the above entities.

toString

@Nonnull
String toString()

Overrides:

toString in class Object