org.semanticweb.owlapi.model

Interface OWLIndividual

All Superinterfaces:

Comparable<OWLObject>, HasAnnotationPropertiesInSignature, HasAnonymousIndividuals, HasClassesInSignature, HasContainsEntityInSignature, HasDataPropertiesInSignature, HasDatatypesInSignature, HasIndividualsInSignature, HasObjectPropertiesInSignature, HasSignature, OWLObject, OWLPropertyAssertionObject, Serializable

All Known Subinterfaces:

OWLAnonymousIndividual, OWLNamedIndividual

All Known Implementing Classes:

OWLAnonymousIndividualImpl, OWLIndividualImpl, OWLNamedIndividualImpl

public interface OWLIndividual
extends OWLObject, OWLPropertyAssertionObject

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
OWLNamedIndividual	asOWLNamedIndividual() Obtains this individual as a named individual if it is indeed named.
boolean	isAnonymous() Determines if this object is an instance of OWLAnonymousIndividual Note that this method is the dual of isNamed().
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, isBottomEntity, isTopEntity, toString

Methods inherited from interface java.lang.Comparable

compareTo

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

getSignature

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

containsEntityInSignature

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

getAnonymousIndividuals

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

getClassesInSignature

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

getObjectPropertiesInSignature

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

getDataPropertiesInSignature

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

getIndividualsInSignature

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

getDatatypesInSignature

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

getAnnotationPropertiesInSignature

Method Detail

isNamed

boolean isNamed()

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

Returns:

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

isAnonymous

boolean isAnonymous()

Determines if this object is an instance of OWLAnonymousIndividual Note that this method is the dual of isNamed().

Returns:

true if this object represents an anonymous individual ( OWLAnonymousIndividual) or false if this object represents a named individual ( OWLIndividual)

asOWLNamedIndividual

@Nonnull
OWLNamedIndividual asOWLNamedIndividual()

Obtains this individual as a named individual if it is indeed named.

Returns:

The individual as a named individual

Throws:

OWLRuntimeException - if this individual is anonymous

asOWLAnonymousIndividual

@Nonnull
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

@Nonnull
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(@Nonnull
            OWLIndividualVisitor visitor)

Parameters:

visitor - visitor

accept

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

Type Parameters:

O - visitor return type

Parameters:

visitor - visitor

Returns:

visitor ex type