Package org.semanticweb.owlapi.io

Interface OWLObjectRenderer

All Known Implementing Classes:

DLSyntaxObjectRenderer, LatexOWLObjectRenderer, ManchesterOWLSyntaxOWLObjectRendererImpl, SimpleRenderer

public interface OWLObjectRenderer

A general purpose interface, implementations of which can be used to renderer OWL objects (e.g. class expressions, axioms etc.) for presentation in user interfaces, colsole writing etc. etc. Many ontology renderers may also choose to implement this interface.

Since:

2.2.0

Author:

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

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
String	render(OWLObject object)	Renders the specified object.
void	setShortFormProvider(ShortFormProvider shortFormProvider)	Sets the short form provider, which determines the short form that should be used for entities.

Method Detail

setShortFormProvider

void setShortFormProvider(@Nonnull
                          ShortFormProvider shortFormProvider)

Sets the short form provider, which determines the short form that should be used for entities.

Parameters:

shortFormProvider - The short form provider to be used.

render

@Nonnull
String render(@Nonnull
              OWLObject object)

Renders the specified object.

Parameters:

object - The object to be rendered.

Returns:

A string that represents the rendering of the object.