Package org.semanticweb.owlapi.model

Interface OWLObjectPropertyExpression

All Superinterfaces:

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

All Known Subinterfaces:

OWLObjectInverseOf, OWLObjectProperty

All Known Implementing Classes:

OWLObjectInverseOfImpl, OWLObjectPropertyExpressionImpl, OWLObjectPropertyImpl

public interface OWLObjectPropertyExpression
extends OWLPropertyExpression, SWRLPredicate

Since:

2.0.0

Author:

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

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
OWLObjectProperty	asOWLObjectProperty()	If the property is a named object property then this method will obtain the property as such.
OWLObjectPropertyExpression	getInverseProperty()	Obtains the property that corresponds to the inverse of this property.
OWLObjectProperty	getNamedProperty()	Get the named object property used in this property expression.
OWLObjectPropertyExpression	getSimplified()	Deprecated. Since it is not legal to apply ObjectInverseOf to anything other than an Object Property, all object properties are always in the simpled form.

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.OWLObject

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

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

accept, accept, isAnonymous, isDataPropertyExpression, isObjectPropertyExpression, isOWLBottomDataProperty, isOWLBottomObjectProperty, isOWLTopDataProperty, isOWLTopObjectProperty

Method Detail

asOWLObjectProperty

@Nonnull
OWLObjectProperty asOWLObjectProperty()

If the property is a named object property then this method will obtain the property as such. The general pattern of use is that the isAnonymous method should first be used to determine if the property is named (i.e. not an object property expression such as inv(p)). If the property is named then this method may be used to obtain the property as a named property without casting.

Returns:

The property as an OWLObjectProperty if possible.

Throws:

OWLRuntimeException - if the property is not a named property.

getInverseProperty

@Nonnull
OWLObjectPropertyExpression getInverseProperty()

Obtains the property that corresponds to the inverse of this property.

Returns:

The inverse of this property.

getSimplified

@Deprecated
@Nonnull
OWLObjectPropertyExpression getSimplified()

Deprecated.

Since it is not legal to apply ObjectInverseOf to anything other than an Object Property, all object properties are always in the simpled form.

Returns:

this property in its simplified form.

getNamedProperty

@Nonnull
OWLObjectProperty getNamedProperty()

Get the named object property used in this property expression.

Returns:

P if PE = inv(P) otherwise PE.