org.semanticweb.owlapi.util

Class OWLEntityRemover

java.lang.Object

org.semanticweb.owlapi.util.OWLEntityRemover

All Implemented Interfaces:

OWLEntityVisitor

public class OWLEntityRemover
extends Object
implements OWLEntityVisitor

A convenience object that generates the changes which are necessary to remove an entity from a set of ontologies. This is accomplished by removing all axioms that refer to the entity. The entity remover follows the visitor design pattern, entities that need to be removed from an ontology should accept visits from the entity remover. Changes are accumulated as the entity remover visits various entities.

Author:

Matthew Horridge, The University Of Manchester, Bio-Health Informatics Group, Date: 11-Dec-2006

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
OWLEntityRemover(OWLOntologyManager owlOntologyManager, Set<OWLOntology> ontologies) Creates an entity remover, which will remove entities (axioms referring to the entities from the specified ontologies).

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
List<OWLOntologyChange>	getChanges()
void	reset() Clears any changes which have accumulated over the course of visiting different entities.
void	visit(OWLAnnotationProperty property) visit OWLAnnotationProperty type
void	visit(OWLClass cls) visit OWLClass type
void	visit(OWLDataProperty property) visit OWLDataProperty type
void	visit(OWLDatatype datatype) visit OWLDatatype type
void	visit(OWLNamedIndividual individual) visit OWLNamedIndividual type
void	visit(OWLObjectProperty property) visit OWLObjectProperty type

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

OWLEntityRemover

public OWLEntityRemover(OWLOntologyManager owlOntologyManager,
                Set<OWLOntology> ontologies)

Creates an entity remover, which will remove entities (axioms referring to the entities from the specified ontologies).

Parameters:

owlOntologyManager - The OWLOntologyManager which contains the ontologies that contain entities to be removed.

ontologies - The set of ontologies that contain references to axioms to be removed.

Method Detail

getChanges

public List<OWLOntologyChange> getChanges()

Returns:

the list of ontology changes that are required in order to remove visited entities from the set of ontologies.

reset

public void reset()

Clears any changes which have accumulated over the course of visiting different entities.

visit

public void visit(OWLClass cls)

Description copied from interface: OWLEntityVisitor

visit OWLClass type

Specified by:

visit in interface OWLEntityVisitor

Parameters:

cls - object to visit

visit

public void visit(OWLDatatype datatype)

Description copied from interface: OWLEntityVisitor

visit OWLDatatype type

Specified by:

visit in interface OWLEntityVisitor

Parameters:

datatype - object to visit

visit

public void visit(OWLNamedIndividual individual)

Description copied from interface: OWLEntityVisitor

visit OWLNamedIndividual type

Specified by:

visit in interface OWLEntityVisitor

Parameters:

individual - object to visit

visit

public void visit(OWLDataProperty property)

Description copied from interface: OWLEntityVisitor

visit OWLDataProperty type

Specified by:

visit in interface OWLEntityVisitor

Parameters:

property - object to visit

visit

public void visit(OWLObjectProperty property)

Description copied from interface: OWLEntityVisitor

visit OWLObjectProperty type

Specified by:

visit in interface OWLEntityVisitor

Parameters:

property - object to visit

visit

public void visit(OWLAnnotationProperty property)

Description copied from interface: OWLEntityVisitor

visit OWLAnnotationProperty type

Specified by:

visit in interface OWLEntityVisitor

Parameters:

property - object to visit