org.semanticweb.owlapi.model

Interface OWLIndividual

All Superinterfaces:

AsOWLNamedIndividual, Comparable<OWLObject>, HasAnnotationPropertiesInSignature, HasAnonymousIndividuals, HasClassesInSignature, HasComponents, HasContainsEntityInSignature, HasDataPropertiesInSignature, HasDatatypesInSignature, HasHashIndex, HasIndex, HasIndividualsInSignature, HasObjectPropertiesInSignature, HasSignature, IsAnonymous, OWLObject, OWLPropertyAssertionObject, Serializable

All Known Subinterfaces:

OWLAnonymousIndividual, OWLNamedIndividual

public interface OWLIndividual
extends OWLObject, OWLPropertyAssertionObject, AsOWLNamedIndividual

Represents a named or anonymous individual.

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(OWLIndividualVisitor visitor)
<O> O	accept(OWLIndividualVisitorEx<O> visitor)
OWLAnonymousIndividual	asOWLAnonymousIndividual() Obtains this individual an anonymous individual if it is indeed anonymous.
default boolean	isIndividual()
default boolean	isNamed() Determines if this individual is an instance of OWLNamedIndividual.
String	toStringID() Returns a string representation that can be used as the ID of this individual.

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

accept, accept, getNestedClassExpressions, hashIteration, hasSharedStructure, initHashCode, isAnonymousExpression, isAxiom, isBottomEntity, isIRI, isOntology, isTopEntity, nestedClassExpressions

Methods inherited from interface java.lang.Comparable

compareTo

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

getSignature, signature, unsortedSignature

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

containsEntityInSignature

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

anonymousIndividuals, getAnonymousIndividuals

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

classesInSignature, getClassesInSignature

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

getObjectPropertiesInSignature, objectPropertiesInSignature

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

dataPropertiesInSignature, getDataPropertiesInSignature

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

getIndividualsInSignature, individualsInSignature

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

datatypesInSignature, getDatatypesInSignature

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

annotationPropertiesInSignature, getAnnotationPropertiesInSignature

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

typeIndex

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

hashIndex

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

components, componentsAnnotationsFirst, componentsWithoutAnnotations

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

isAnonymous

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

asOWLNamedIndividual, isOWLNamedIndividual

Method Detail

isNamed

default boolean isNamed()

Determines if this individual is an instance of OWLNamedIndividual. Note that this method is the dual of IsAnonymous.isAnonymous().

Returns:

true if this individual is an instance of OWLNamedIndividual because it is a named individuals, otherwise false

isIndividual

default boolean isIndividual()

Specified by:

isIndividual in interface OWLObject

Returns:

true if this object is an individual.

asOWLAnonymousIndividual

OWLAnonymousIndividual asOWLAnonymousIndividual()

Obtains this individual an anonymous individual if it is indeed anonymous.

Returns:

The individual as an anonymous individual

Throws:

OWLRuntimeException - if this individual is named

toStringID

String toStringID()

Returns a string representation that can be used as the ID of this individual. This is the toString representation of the node ID of this individual

Returns:

A string representing the toString of the node ID of this entity.

accept

void accept(OWLIndividualVisitor visitor)

Parameters:

visitor - visitor

accept

<O> O accept(OWLIndividualVisitorEx<O> visitor)

Type Parameters:

O - visitor return type

Parameters:

visitor - visitor

Returns:

visitor ex type