org.semanticweb.owlapi.model

Interface OWLStorer

All Superinterfaces:

Serializable

All Known Implementing Classes:

AbstractOWLStorer

public interface OWLStorer
extends Serializable

An ontology storer stores an ontology in a particular format at a location specified by a particular URI.

Since:

2.0.0

Author:

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

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
boolean	canStoreOntology(OWLDocumentFormat ontologyFormat) Determines if this storer can store an ontology in the specified ontology format.
void	storeOntology(OWLOntology ontology, IRI documentIRI, OWLDocumentFormat ontologyFormat) Stores an ontology to the specified ontology document IRI in the specified format.
void	storeOntology(OWLOntology ontology, OWLOntologyDocumentTarget target, OWLDocumentFormat format) Stores an ontology to the specified target.

Method Detail

canStoreOntology

boolean canStoreOntology(OWLDocumentFormat ontologyFormat)

Determines if this storer can store an ontology in the specified ontology format.

Parameters:

ontologyFormat - The desired ontology format.

Returns:

true if this storer can store an ontology in the desired format.

storeOntology

void storeOntology(OWLOntology ontology,
                   IRI documentIRI,
                   OWLDocumentFormat ontologyFormat)
            throws OWLOntologyStorageException,
                   IOException

Stores an ontology to the specified ontology document IRI in the specified format.

Parameters:

ontology - The ontology to be stored

documentIRI - The ontology document IRI where the ontology will be saved to

ontologyFormat - The format that the ontology should be stored in @throws OWLOntologyStorageException if there was a problem storing the ontology.

Throws:

IOException - if there was an IOException when storing the ontology

OWLOntologyStorageException - if there was a problem storing the ontology

storeOntology

void storeOntology(OWLOntology ontology,
                   OWLOntologyDocumentTarget target,
                   OWLDocumentFormat format)
            throws OWLOntologyStorageException,
                   IOException

Stores an ontology to the specified target. This method assumes the storer can write the ontology to some stream.

Parameters:

ontology - The ontology to be stored

target - The target which describes the ontology document where the ontology should be stored

format - The format in which to store the ontology

Throws:

OWLOntologyStorageException - if there was a problem storing the ontology.

IOException - if there was an IOException when storing the ontology.