org.semanticweb.owlapi.model

Interface OWLObject

All Superinterfaces:

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

All Known Subinterfaces:

HasIncrementalSignatureGenerationSupport, 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:

ConcurrentOWLOntologyImpl, IRI, OWL2DatatypeImpl, OWLAnnotationAssertionAxiomImpl, OWLAnnotationImpl, OWLAnnotationImplNotAnnotated, OWLAnnotationPropertyDomainAxiomImpl, OWLAnnotationPropertyImpl, OWLAnnotationPropertyRangeAxiomImpl, OWLAnonymousClassExpressionImpl, OWLAnonymousIndividualImpl, OWLAsymmetricObjectPropertyAxiomImpl, OWLAxiomImpl, OWLAxiomIndexImpl, OWLCardinalityRestrictionImpl, OWLClassAssertionAxiomImpl, OWLClassAxiomImpl, OWLClassExpressionImpl, OWLClassImpl, OWLDataAllValuesFromImpl, OWLDataCardinalityRestrictionImpl, OWLDataComplementOfImpl, OWLDataExactCardinalityImpl, OWLDataHasValueImpl, OWLDataIntersectionOfImpl, OWLDataMaxCardinalityImpl, OWLDataMinCardinalityImpl, OWLDataOneOfImpl, OWLDataPropertyAssertionAxiomImpl, OWLDataPropertyCharacteristicAxiomImpl, OWLDataPropertyDomainAxiomImpl, OWLDataPropertyImpl, OWLDataPropertyRangeAxiomImpl, OWLDataSomeValuesFromImpl, OWLDatatypeDefinitionAxiomImpl, OWLDatatypeImpl, OWLDatatypeRestrictionImpl, OWLDataUnionOfImpl, OWLDeclarationAxiomImpl, OWLDifferentIndividualsAxiomImpl, OWLDisjointClassesAxiomImpl, OWLDisjointDataPropertiesAxiomImpl, OWLDisjointObjectPropertiesAxiomImpl, OWLDisjointUnionAxiomImpl, OWLEquivalentClassesAxiomImpl, OWLEquivalentDataPropertiesAxiomImpl, OWLEquivalentObjectPropertiesAxiomImpl, OWLFacetRestrictionImpl, OWLFunctionalDataPropertyAxiomImpl, OWLFunctionalObjectPropertyAxiomImpl, OWLHasKeyAxiomImpl, OWLImmutableOntologyImpl, OWLIndividualAxiomImpl, OWLIndividualImpl, OWLIndividualRelationshipAxiomImpl, OWLInverseFunctionalObjectPropertyAxiomImpl, OWLInverseObjectPropertiesAxiomImpl, OWLIrreflexiveObjectPropertyAxiomImpl, OWLLiteralImpl, OWLLiteralImplBoolean, OWLLiteralImplDouble, OWLLiteralImplFloat, OWLLiteralImplInteger, OWLLiteralImplNoCompression, OWLLiteralImplPlain, OWLLiteralImplString, OWLLogicalAxiomImpl, OWLNamedIndividualImpl, OWLNaryBooleanClassExpressionImpl, OWLNaryClassAxiomImpl, OWLNaryDataRangeImpl, OWLNaryIndividualAxiomImpl, OWLNaryPropertyAxiomImpl, OWLNegativeDataPropertyAssertionAxiomImpl, OWLNegativeObjectPropertyAssertionAxiomImpl, OWLObjectAllValuesFromImpl, OWLObjectCardinalityRestrictionImpl, OWLObjectComplementOfImpl, OWLObjectExactCardinalityImpl, OWLObjectHasSelfImpl, OWLObjectHasValueImpl, OWLObjectImpl, OWLObjectIntersectionOfImpl, OWLObjectInverseOfImpl, OWLObjectMaxCardinalityImpl, OWLObjectMinCardinalityImpl, OWLObjectOneOfImpl, OWLObjectPropertyAssertionAxiomImpl, OWLObjectPropertyCharacteristicAxiomImpl, OWLObjectPropertyDomainAxiomImpl, OWLObjectPropertyImpl, OWLObjectPropertyRangeAxiomImpl, OWLObjectSomeValuesFromImpl, OWLObjectUnionOfImpl, OWLOntologyImpl, OWLPropertyAxiomImpl, OWLPropertyDomainAxiomImpl, OWLPropertyRangeAxiomImpl, OWLQuantifiedDataRestrictionImpl, OWLQuantifiedObjectRestrictionImpl, OWLQuantifiedRestrictionImpl, OWLReflexiveObjectPropertyAxiomImpl, OWLSameIndividualAxiomImpl, OWLSubAnnotationPropertyOfAxiomImpl, OWLSubClassOfAxiomImpl, OWLSubDataPropertyOfAxiomImpl, OWLSubObjectPropertyOfAxiomImpl, OWLSubPropertyAxiomImpl, OWLSubPropertyChainAxiomImpl, OWLSymmetricObjectPropertyAxiomImpl, OWLTransitiveObjectPropertyAxiomImpl, OWLUnaryPropertyAxiomImpl, OWLValueRestrictionImpl, SWRLAtomImpl, SWRLBinaryAtomImpl, SWRLBuiltInAtomImpl, SWRLClassAtomImpl, SWRLDataPropertyAtomImpl, SWRLDataRangeAtomImpl, SWRLDifferentIndividualsAtomImpl, SWRLIndividualArgumentImpl, SWRLLiteralArgumentImpl, SWRLObjectPropertyAtomImpl, SWRLRuleImpl, SWRLSameIndividualAtomImpl, SWRLUnaryAtomImpl, SWRLVariableImpl

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

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
default Set<OWLClassExpression>	getNestedClassExpressions() Deprecated. use the stream method
default boolean	hasSharedStructure()
default boolean	isAnonymousExpression()
default boolean	isAxiom()
default 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).
default boolean	isIndividual()
default boolean	isIRI()
default boolean	isOntology()
default 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).
default java.util.stream.Stream<OWLClassExpression>	nestedClassExpressions() Gets all of the nested (includes top level) class expressions that are used in this object.

Methods inherited from interface java.lang.Comparable

compareTo

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

getSignature, signature

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

Method Detail

getNestedClassExpressions

@Deprecated
default Set<OWLClassExpression> getNestedClassExpressions()

Deprecated. use the stream method

Gets all of the nested (includes top level) class expressions that are used in this object. The default implementation of this method returns an empty, modifiable set.

Returns:

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

nestedClassExpressions

default java.util.stream.Stream<OWLClassExpression> nestedClassExpressions()

Gets all of the nested (includes top level) class expressions that are used in this object. The default implementation of this method returns an empty, modifiable set.

Returns:

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

accept

void accept(OWLObjectVisitor visitor)

Accepts a visitor

Parameters:

visitor - The visitor

accept

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

Accepts a visitor

Type Parameters:

O - visitor return type

Parameters:

visitor - The visitor

Returns:

visitor value

isTopEntity

default 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

default 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.

isIRI

default boolean isIRI()

Returns:

true if this object is an IRI.

isIndividual

default boolean isIndividual()

Returns:

true if this object is an individual.

isAxiom

default boolean isAxiom()

Returns:

true if this object is an axiom.

isOntology

default boolean isOntology()

Returns:

true for ontologies, false for any other OWL object

isAnonymousExpression

default boolean isAnonymousExpression()

Returns:

true if this object is not an axiom, not an individual and anonymous; this is true for class and property expressions, as well as data ranges.

hasSharedStructure

default boolean hasSharedStructure()

Returns:

true if this object contains anonymous expressions referred multiple times. This is called structure sharing. An example can be:

 some P C subClassOf some Q (some P C)
         

This can happen in axioms as well as in expressions:

 (some P C) and (some Q (some P C))