Package org.semanticweb.owlapi.expression

Interface OWLExpressionParser<O>

Type Parameters:

O - the kind of parsed expression

All Known Subinterfaces:

OWLClassExpressionParser

All Known Implementing Classes:

ManchesterOWLSyntaxClassExpressionParser, ManchesterOWLSyntaxClassFrameParser, ManchesterOWLSyntaxFramesParser, ManchesterOWLSyntaxInlineAxiomParser

public interface OWLExpressionParser<O>

A general purpose interface which provides the ability to parse some expression into some kind of object.

Since:

2.2.0

Author:

Matthew Horridge, The University Of Manchester, Bio-Health Informatics Group

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
O	parse(String expression)
void	setOWLEntityChecker(OWLEntityChecker entityChecker)

Method Detail

setOWLEntityChecker

void setOWLEntityChecker(@Nonnull
                         OWLEntityChecker entityChecker)

Parameters:

entityChecker - the entity checker to use

parse

@Nonnull
O parse(@Nonnull
        String expression)

Parameters:

expression - the expression to parse

Returns:

the parsed expression

Throws:

OWLParserException - parse exception