org.semanticweb.owlapi.model

Interface OWLOntologyBuilder

All Superinterfaces:

Serializable

All Known Implementing Classes:

ConcurrentOWLOntologyBuilder, NonConcurrentOWLOntologyBuilder

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)

Method Detail

createOWLOntology

@Nonnull
OWLOntology createOWLOntology(@Nonnull
                                       OWLOntologyManager manager,
                                       @Nonnull
                                       OWLOntologyID ontologyID)

Parameters:

manager - manager for the ontology to be created

ontologyID - id for the ontology to be created

Returns:

new ontology instance