org.semanticweb.owlapi

Class AmalgamateSubClassAxioms

java.lang.Object

org.semanticweb.owlapi.AbstractCompositeOntologyChange

org.semanticweb.owlapi.AmalgamateSubClassAxioms

All Implemented Interfaces:

OWLCompositeOntologyChange

public class AmalgamateSubClassAxioms
extends AbstractCompositeOntologyChange

Given a set of ontologies S, for each ontology, O, in S, this change combines multiple subclass axioms with a common left hand side into one subclass axiom. For example, given A subClassOf B, A subClassOf C, this change will remove these two axioms and replace them by adding one subclass axiom, A subClassOf (B and C).

Author:

Matthew Horridge, The University Of Manchester, Bio-Health Informatics Group, Date: 15-Aug-2007

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
AmalgamateSubClassAxioms(Set<OWLOntology> ontologies, OWLDataFactory dataFactory)

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
List<OWLOntologyChange>	getChanges() Gets the changes which compose this composite change.

Methods inherited from class org.semanticweb.owlapi.AbstractCompositeOntologyChange

getDataFactory

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

AmalgamateSubClassAxioms

public AmalgamateSubClassAxioms(Set<OWLOntology> ontologies,
                        OWLDataFactory dataFactory)

Parameters:

ontologies - the ontologies to use

dataFactory - the data factory

Method Detail

getChanges

public List<OWLOntologyChange> getChanges()

Description copied from interface: OWLCompositeOntologyChange

Gets the changes which compose this composite change. Once this method has been invoked, it will always return the same list of changes.

Returns:

A list of ontology changes.