org.semanticweb.owlapi.util

Class OWLOntologyMerger

java.lang.Object

org.semanticweb.owlapi.util.OWLOntologyMerger

All Implemented Interfaces:

OWLAxiomFilter

public class OWLOntologyMerger
extends Object
implements OWLAxiomFilter

A very very simple merger, which just creates an ontology which contains the union of axioms from a set of ontologies.

Author:

Matthew Horridge, The University Of Manchester, Bio-Health Informatics Group, Date: 29-Apr-2007

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
OWLOntologyMerger(OWLOntologySetProvider setProvider)
OWLOntologyMerger(OWLOntologySetProvider setProvider, boolean mergeOnlyLogicalAxioms)
OWLOntologyMerger(OWLOntologySetProvider setProvider, OWLAxiomFilter axiomFilter)

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
OWLOntology	createMergedOntology(OWLOntologyManager ontologyManager, IRI ontologyIRI)
boolean	passes(OWLAxiom axiom)

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

OWLOntologyMerger

public OWLOntologyMerger(OWLOntologySetProvider setProvider)

Parameters:

setProvider - the ontology provider

OWLOntologyMerger

public OWLOntologyMerger(OWLOntologySetProvider setProvider,
                 boolean mergeOnlyLogicalAxioms)

Parameters:

setProvider - the ontology provider

mergeOnlyLogicalAxioms - true if only logical axioms should be included

OWLOntologyMerger

public OWLOntologyMerger(OWLOntologySetProvider setProvider,
                 OWLAxiomFilter axiomFilter)

Parameters:

setProvider - the ontology provider

axiomFilter - the filter to use

Method Detail

createMergedOntology

public OWLOntology createMergedOntology(OWLOntologyManager ontologyManager,
                               IRI ontologyIRI)
                                 throws OWLOntologyCreationException

Parameters:

ontologyManager - the manager containing the ontologies

ontologyIRI - the new ontology IRI

Returns:

the new ontology

Throws:

OWLOntologyCreationException - if any creation exception arises

passes

public boolean passes(OWLAxiom axiom)

Specified by:

passes in interface OWLAxiomFilter

Parameters:

axiom - axiom to filter

Returns:

true if check passed