Package org.semanticweb.owlapi.model

Interface HasDirectAddAxioms

All Known Subinterfaces:

OWLMutableOntology

All Known Implementing Classes:

ConcurrentOWLOntologyImpl, OWLOntologyImpl

public interface HasDirectAddAxioms

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

Since:

3.5

Author:

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

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
ChangeApplied	addAxioms(Set<? extends OWLAxiom> axioms)	A convenience method that adds a set of axioms to an ontology.

Method Detail

addAxioms

ChangeApplied addAxioms(@Nonnull
                        Set<? extends OWLAxiom> axioms)

A convenience method that adds a set of axioms to an ontology. The appropriate AddAxiom change objects are automatically generated.

Parameters:

axioms - The axioms to be added. Not null.

Returns:

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