org.semanticweb.owlapi.util

Class OWLEntityURIConverter

java.lang.Object

org.semanticweb.owlapi.util.OWLEntityURIConverter

public class OWLEntityURIConverter
extends Object

Performs a bulk conversion/translation of entity URIs. This utility class can be used to replace entity names with IDs for example. The entity converter is supplied with a set of ontologies and a conversion strategy. All of the entities that are referenced in the specified ontologies will have their URIs converted according the specified conversion strategy.

Author:

Matthew Horridge, The University Of Manchester, Bio-Health Informatics Group, Date: 25-Nov-2007

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
OWLEntityURIConverter(OWLOntologyManager manager, Set<OWLOntology> ontologies, OWLEntityURIConverterStrategy strategy) Creates a converter that will convert the URIs of entities in the specified ontologies using the specified conversion strategy.

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
List<OWLOntologyChange>	getChanges() Gets the changes required to perform the conversion.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

OWLEntityURIConverter

public OWLEntityURIConverter(OWLOntologyManager manager,
                     Set<OWLOntology> ontologies,
                     OWLEntityURIConverterStrategy strategy)

Creates a converter that will convert the URIs of entities in the specified ontologies using the specified conversion strategy.

Parameters:

manager - The manager which managers the specified ontologies.

ontologies - The ontologies whose entity URIs will be converted

strategy - The conversion strategy to be used.

Method Detail

getChanges

public List<OWLOntologyChange> getChanges()

Gets the changes required to perform the conversion.

Returns:

A list of ontology changes that should be applied in order to convert the URI of entities in the specified ontologies.