org.semanticweb.owlapi.util

Interface RootClassChecker

All Known Implementing Classes:

SimpleRootClassChecker

public interface RootClassChecker

Author:

Matthew Horridge, The University Of Manchester, Bio-Health Informatics Group, Date: 22-Jan-2007

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
boolean	isRootClass(OWLClass cls) Determines if the specified class is a direct syntactic subclass of owl:Thing.

Method Detail

isRootClass

boolean isRootClass(OWLClass cls)
             throws OWLException

Determines if the specified class is a direct syntactic subclass of owl:Thing.

Parameters:

cls - The class to be checked.

Returns:

true if the class is a direct syntactic root class of owl:Thing, otherwise false.

Throws:

OWLException - exception