org.semanticweb.owlapi.change

Class ConvertEquivalentClassesToSuperClasses

java.lang.Object

org.semanticweb.owlapi.change.AbstractCompositeOntologyChange

org.semanticweb.owlapi.change.ConvertEquivalentClassesToSuperClasses

All Implemented Interfaces:

Serializable, OWLCompositeOntologyChange

public class ConvertEquivalentClassesToSuperClasses
extends AbstractCompositeOntologyChange

This composite change will convert a defined class to a primitive class by replacing equivalent classes axioms where the class in question is a class in the equivalent classes axioms to a set of subclass axioms whose superclasses are the set of classes which were originally equivalent to the class in question.
More formally, for a given class A, a set of ontologies S, and a target ontology T, this composite change will remove all equivalent axioms from each ontology O in S where the equivalent class axiom contains A as a 'top level' class (e.g. EquivalentClasses(A, C, D)). For each class, D, that was made equivalent to A via an equivalent classes axiom, a subclass axiom SubClassOf(A, D) will be added to the target ontology T.
This change supports a common pattern of working, where a class is converted from a defined class to a primitive class.

Since:

2.1.0

Author:

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

See Also:

Serialized Form

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
ConvertEquivalentClassesToSuperClasses(OWLDataFactory dataFactory, OWLClass cls, Collection<OWLOntology> ontologies, OWLOntology targetOntology, boolean splitIntersections) Instantiates a new convert equivalent classes to super classes.

Method Summary

Methods inherited from class org.semanticweb.owlapi.change.AbstractCompositeOntologyChange

getChanges

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

equals, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

ConvertEquivalentClassesToSuperClasses

public ConvertEquivalentClassesToSuperClasses(OWLDataFactory dataFactory,
                                              OWLClass cls,
                                              Collection<OWLOntology> ontologies,
                                              OWLOntology targetOntology,
                                              boolean splitIntersections)

Instantiates a new convert equivalent classes to super classes.

Parameters:

dataFactory - the data factory

cls - the class to convert

ontologies - the ontologies to use

targetOntology - the target ontology

splitIntersections - whether or not intersections should be split