Package org.semanticweb.owlapi.model

Interface OWLAnnotationValue

All Superinterfaces:

Comparable<OWLObject>, HasAnnotationPropertiesInSignature, HasAnonymousIndividuals, HasClassesInSignature, HasContainsEntityInSignature, HasDataPropertiesInSignature, HasDatatypesInSignature, HasIndividualsInSignature, HasObjectPropertiesInSignature, HasSignature, IsAnonymous, OWLAnnotationObject, OWLObject, OWLPrimitive, Serializable

All Known Subinterfaces:

OWLAnonymousIndividual, OWLLiteral

All Known Implementing Classes:

IRI, OWLAnonymousIndividualImpl, OWLLiteralImpl, OWLLiteralImplBoolean, OWLLiteralImplDouble, OWLLiteralImplFloat, OWLLiteralImplInteger, OWLLiteralImplNoCompression, OWLLiteralImplPlain, OWLLiteralImplString

public interface OWLAnnotationValue
extends OWLAnnotationObject, OWLPrimitive

A marker interface for annotation values, which can either be an IRI (URI), Literal or Anonymous Individual, with visitor methods.

Since:

3.0.0

Author:

Matthew Horridge, The University of Manchester, Information Management Group

See Also:

IRI, OWLLiteral, OWLAnonymousIndividual

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
void	accept(OWLAnnotationValueVisitor visitor)
<O> O	accept(OWLAnnotationValueVisitorEx<O> visitor)
com.google.common.base.Optional<OWLAnonymousIndividual>	asAnonymousIndividual()
com.google.common.base.Optional<IRI>	asIRI()
com.google.common.base.Optional<OWLLiteral>	asLiteral()
default boolean	isLiteral()

Methods inherited from interface java.lang.Comparable

compareTo

Methods inherited from interface org.semanticweb.owlapi.model.HasAnnotationPropertiesInSignature

getAnnotationPropertiesInSignature

Methods inherited from interface org.semanticweb.owlapi.model.HasAnonymousIndividuals

getAnonymousIndividuals

Methods inherited from interface org.semanticweb.owlapi.model.HasClassesInSignature

getClassesInSignature

Methods inherited from interface org.semanticweb.owlapi.model.HasContainsEntityInSignature

containsEntityInSignature

Methods inherited from interface org.semanticweb.owlapi.model.HasDataPropertiesInSignature

getDataPropertiesInSignature

Methods inherited from interface org.semanticweb.owlapi.model.HasDatatypesInSignature

getDatatypesInSignature

Methods inherited from interface org.semanticweb.owlapi.model.HasIndividualsInSignature

getIndividualsInSignature

Methods inherited from interface org.semanticweb.owlapi.model.HasObjectPropertiesInSignature

getObjectPropertiesInSignature

Methods inherited from interface org.semanticweb.owlapi.model.HasSignature

getSignature

Methods inherited from interface org.semanticweb.owlapi.model.IsAnonymous

isAnonymous

Methods inherited from interface org.semanticweb.owlapi.model.OWLObject

accept, accept, getNestedClassExpressions, isBottomEntity, isIndividual, isIRI, isTopEntity, toString

Method Detail

accept

void accept(@Nonnull
            OWLAnnotationValueVisitor visitor)

Parameters:

visitor - visitor to accept

accept

@Nonnull
<O> O accept(@Nonnull
             OWLAnnotationValueVisitorEx<O> visitor)

Type Parameters:

O - visitor return type

Parameters:

visitor - visitor to accept

Returns:

visitor value

asLiteral

@Nonnull
com.google.common.base.Optional<OWLLiteral> asLiteral()

Returns:

if the value is a literal, return an optional containing it. Return Optional.absent otherwise.

asIRI

@Nonnull
com.google.common.base.Optional<IRI> asIRI()

Returns:

if the value is an IRI, return an optional containing it. Return Optional.absent otherwise.

asAnonymousIndividual

@Nonnull
com.google.common.base.Optional<OWLAnonymousIndividual> asAnonymousIndividual()

Returns:

if the value is an anonymous, return an optional containing it. Return Optional.absent otherwise.

isLiteral

default boolean isLiteral()

Returns:

true if the annotation value is a literal