org.semanticweb.owlapi.model

Interface HasApplyChange

All Known Subinterfaces:

OWLMutableOntology, OWLOntologyManager

All Known Implementing Classes:

ConcurrentOWLOntologyImpl, OWLOntologyImpl, OWLOntologyManagerImpl

public interface HasApplyChange

Since:

3.5

Author:

Matthew Horridge, Stanford University, Bio-Medical Informatics Research Group

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
ChangeApplied	applyChange(OWLOntologyChange change) A convenience method that applies just one change to an ontology that is managed by this manager.

Method Detail

applyChange

@Nonnull
ChangeApplied applyChange(@Nonnull
                                   OWLOntologyChange change)

A convenience method that applies just one change to an ontology that is managed by this manager.

Parameters:

change - The change to be applied

Returns:

ChangeApplied.SUCCESSFULLY if the change is applied with success, ChangeApplied.UNSUCCESSFULLY otherwise.

Throws:

OWLOntologyChangeException - If the change could not be applied. See subclasses of ontology change exception for more specific details.

OWLOntologyRenameException - If one or more of the changes is an instance of SetOntologyID where the new OWLOntologyID already belongs to an ontology managed by this manager.