org.semanticweb.owlapi.model

Interface OWLAnonymousIndividualProvider

All Superinterfaces:

Serializable

All Known Subinterfaces:

OWLDataFactory

All Known Implementing Classes:

OWLDataFactoryImpl

public interface OWLAnonymousIndividualProvider
extends Serializable

An interface to an object that can provide instances if OWLAnonymousIndividual.

Since:

3.5

Author:

Matthew Horridge, Stanford University, Bio-Medical Informatics Research Group, Date: 29/07/2013

See Also:

OWLDataFactory

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
OWLAnonymousIndividual	getOWLAnonymousIndividual() Gets an OWLAnonymousIndividual.

Method Detail

getOWLAnonymousIndividual

OWLAnonymousIndividual getOWLAnonymousIndividual()

Gets an OWLAnonymousIndividual. The NodeID for the individual will be generated automatically. Successive invocations of this method (on this object) will result in instances of OWLAnonymousIndividual that do not have NodeIDs that have been used previously.

Returns:

The instance of OWLAnonymousIndividual. Not null.

See Also:

OWLAnonymousIndividualByIdProvider