org.semanticweb.owlapi.model

Interface HasRemoveAxioms

public interface HasRemoveAxioms

Since:

3.5

Author:

Matthew Horridge, Stanford University, Bio-Medical Informatics Research Group, Date: 24/02/2014

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
List<OWLOntologyChange>	removeAxioms(OWLOntology ont, Set<? extends OWLAxiom> axioms) A convenience method that removes a set of axioms from an ontology.

Method Detail

removeAxioms

List<OWLOntologyChange> removeAxioms(OWLOntology ont,
                                     Set<? extends OWLAxiom> axioms)

A convenience method that removes a set of axioms from an ontology. The appropriate RemoveAxiom change objects are automatically generated.

Parameters:

ont - The ontology from which the axioms should be removed.

axioms - The axioms to be removed. Not null

Returns:

A list of ontology changes that represent the changes which took place in order to remove the axioms. Not null.

Throws:

OWLOntologyChangeException - if there was a problem removing the axioms