org.semanticweb.owlapi.expression

Class ShortFormEntityChecker

java.lang.Object

org.semanticweb.owlapi.expression.ShortFormEntityChecker

All Implemented Interfaces:

OWLEntityChecker

public class ShortFormEntityChecker
extends Object
implements OWLEntityChecker

An entity checker that maps from string to entities using a bidirectional short form provider.

Author:

Matthew Horridge, The University Of Manchester, Bio-Health Informatics Group, Date: 28-Nov-2007

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
ShortFormEntityChecker(org.semanticweb.owlapi.util.BidirectionalShortFormProvider shortFormProvider) Creates a short form entity checker, which uses the specified bidirectional short form provider to map entity name strings to entities.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
org.semanticweb.owlapi.model.OWLAnnotationProperty	getOWLAnnotationProperty(String name)
org.semanticweb.owlapi.model.OWLClass	getOWLClass(String name)
org.semanticweb.owlapi.model.OWLDataProperty	getOWLDataProperty(String name)
org.semanticweb.owlapi.model.OWLDatatype	getOWLDatatype(String name)
org.semanticweb.owlapi.model.OWLNamedIndividual	getOWLIndividual(String name)
org.semanticweb.owlapi.model.OWLObjectProperty	getOWLObjectProperty(String name)

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

ShortFormEntityChecker

public ShortFormEntityChecker(org.semanticweb.owlapi.util.BidirectionalShortFormProvider shortFormProvider)

Creates a short form entity checker, which uses the specified bidirectional short form provider to map entity name strings to entities.

Parameters:

shortFormProvider - The BidirectionalShortFormProvider that should be used to perform the required mapping.

Method Detail

getOWLClass

public org.semanticweb.owlapi.model.OWLClass getOWLClass(String name)

Specified by:

getOWLClass in interface OWLEntityChecker

Parameters:

name - name to resolve

Returns:

OWLClass corresponding to name

getOWLDataProperty

public org.semanticweb.owlapi.model.OWLDataProperty getOWLDataProperty(String name)

Specified by:

getOWLDataProperty in interface OWLEntityChecker

Parameters:

name - name to resolve

Returns:

OWLDataProperty corresponding to name

getOWLDatatype

public org.semanticweb.owlapi.model.OWLDatatype getOWLDatatype(String name)

Specified by:

getOWLDatatype in interface OWLEntityChecker

Parameters:

name - name to resolve

Returns:

OWLDatatype corresponding to name

getOWLIndividual

public org.semanticweb.owlapi.model.OWLNamedIndividual getOWLIndividual(String name)

Specified by:

getOWLIndividual in interface OWLEntityChecker

Parameters:

name - name to resolve

Returns:

OWLNamedIndividual corresponding to name

getOWLObjectProperty

public org.semanticweb.owlapi.model.OWLObjectProperty getOWLObjectProperty(String name)

Specified by:

getOWLObjectProperty in interface OWLEntityChecker

Parameters:

name - name to resolve

Returns:

OWLObjectProperty corresponding to name

getOWLAnnotationProperty

public org.semanticweb.owlapi.model.OWLAnnotationProperty getOWLAnnotationProperty(String name)

Specified by:

getOWLAnnotationProperty in interface OWLEntityChecker

Parameters:

name - name to resolve

Returns:

OWLAnnotationProperty corresponding to name