org.semanticweb.owlapi.change

Class OWLOntologyChangeData

java.lang.Object

org.semanticweb.owlapi.change.OWLOntologyChangeData

All Implemented Interfaces:

Serializable, HasSignature

Direct Known Subclasses:

AxiomChangeData, ImportChangeData, OntologyAnnotationChangeData, SetOntologyIDData

public abstract class OWLOntologyChangeData
extends Object
implements HasSignature, Serializable

Represents an abstraction of the essential non-ontology data required by a particular kind of OWLOntologyChange. There is a concrete subclass of this class for each concrete class of OWLOntologyChange.
Instances of this class are immutable.

Since:

3.5

Author:

Matthew Horridge, Stanford University, Bio-Medical Informatics Research Group, Date: 27/04/2012

See Also:

OWLOntologyChange.getChangeData(), Serialized Form

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Modifier	Constructor and Description
protected	OWLOntologyChangeData() Default constructor for serialization purposes.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
abstract <R,E extends Exception> R	accept(OWLOntologyChangeDataVisitor<R,E> visitor) Accepts a visit from an OWLOntologyChangeDataVisitor.
abstract OWLOntologyChange	createOntologyChange(OWLOntology ontology) Creates an OWLOntologyChange object that pertains to the specified ontology, which when applied to the specified ontology enacts the change described by this info object.
abstract Set<OWLEntity>	getSignature() Gets the (possibly empty) signature of this change data.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

OWLOntologyChangeData

protected OWLOntologyChangeData()

Default constructor for serialization purposes.

Method Detail

accept

public abstract <R,E extends Exception> R accept(OWLOntologyChangeDataVisitor<R,E> visitor)
                                          throws E extends Exception

Accepts a visit from an OWLOntologyChangeDataVisitor.

Type Parameters:

R - The return type for visitor's visit methods.

E - The exception type for exceptions thrown by the visitor's visit methods.

Parameters:

visitor - The visitor

Returns:

The object returned by the visitor's visit methods.

Throws:

E - The exception thrown by the visitor's visit methods.

E extends Exception

createOntologyChange

public abstract OWLOntologyChange createOntologyChange(OWLOntology ontology)

Creates an OWLOntologyChange object that pertains to the specified ontology, which when applied to the specified ontology enacts the change described by this info object.

Parameters:

ontology - The OWLOntology that the change should apply to. Not null.

Returns:

An OWLOntologyChange object that applies to ontology and changes ontology is a way that is consistent with this the information held in this OWLOntologyChangeData object.

Throws:

NullPointerException - if ontology is null.

getSignature

public abstract Set<OWLEntity> getSignature()

Gets the (possibly empty) signature of this change data.

Specified by:

getSignature in interface HasSignature

Returns:

A set of OWLEntity objects that represent the signature of this change data. Not null.

Since:

3.5