org.semanticweb.owlapi.model

Interface OWLOntologyBuilder

All Superinterfaces:

Serializable

All Known Implementing Classes:

ConcurrentOWLOntologyBuilder, NonConcurrentOWLOntologyBuilder

Functional Interface:

This is a functional interface and can therefore be used as the assignment target for a lambda expression or method reference.

@FunctionalInterface
public interface OWLOntologyBuilder
extends Serializable

An ontology builder is responsible for choosing an OWLOntology implementation. This interface allows for injecting different OWLOntology implementations without having to rewrite code implemented in OWLOntologyFactory classes.

Since:

4.0.0

Author:

Ignazio

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
OWLOntology	createOWLOntology(OWLOntologyManager manager, OWLOntologyID ontologyID)
default void	setLock(ReadWriteLock lock) Override the lock in the ontology builder; this is a workaround for #806

Method Detail

createOWLOntology

OWLOntology createOWLOntology(OWLOntologyManager manager,
                              OWLOntologyID ontologyID)

Parameters:

manager - manager for the ontology to be created

ontologyID - id for the ontology to be created

Returns:

new ontology instance

setLock

default void setLock(ReadWriteLock lock)

Override the lock in the ontology builder; this is a workaround for #806

Parameters:

lock - overriding lock instance to use