Package org.semanticweb.owlapi.model

Interface HasDirectAddAxiom

All Known Subinterfaces:

OWLMutableOntology

All Known Implementing Classes:

ConcurrentOWLOntologyImpl, OWLOntologyImpl

public interface HasDirectAddAxiom

Interface for an object that accepts axiom additions (tipycally, an OWLOntology).

Since:

4.0.0

Author:

Matthew Horridge, Stanford University, Bio-Medical Informatics Research Group

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
ChangeApplied	addAxiom(OWLAxiom axiom)	A convenience method that adds a single axiom to an ontology.

Method Detail

addAxiom

@Nonnull
ChangeApplied addAxiom(@Nonnull
                       OWLAxiom axiom)

A convenience method that adds a single axiom to an ontology. The appropriate AddAxiom change object is automatically generated.

Parameters:

axiom - The axiom to be added

Returns:

ChangeApplied.SUCCESSFULLY if the axiom is added, ChangeApplied.UNSUCCESSFULLY otherwise.

Throws:

OWLOntologyChangeException - if there was a problem adding the axiom