org.semanticweb.owlapi.model

Interface HasApplyChanges

All Known Subinterfaces:

OWLMutableOntology, OWLOntologyManager

All Known Implementing Classes:

ConcurrentOWLOntologyImpl, OWLOntologyImpl, OWLOntologyManagerImpl

public interface HasApplyChanges

Since:

3.5

Author:

Matthew Horridge, Stanford University, Bio-Medical Informatics Research Group

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
ChangeApplied	applyChanges(List<? extends OWLOntologyChange> changes) Applies a list ontology changes to a collection of ontologies.

Method Detail

applyChanges

@Nonnull
ChangeApplied applyChanges(@Nonnull
                                    List<? extends OWLOntologyChange> changes)

Applies a list ontology changes to a collection of ontologies. Note that the ontologies need to be managed by this manager, since import closures, ontology ids and configurations might be affected by the changes, and they are held by the manager.

Parameters:

changes - The changes to be applied.

Returns:

ChangeApplied.SUCCESSFULLY if the axiom is added, ChangeApplied.UNSUCCESSFULLY otherwise.

Throws:

OWLOntologyChangeException - If one or more of the changes could not be applied.