Package org.semanticweb.owlapi.model

Interface OWLDocumentFormatFactory

All Superinterfaces:
MIMETypeAware, Serializable, Supplier<OWLDocumentFormat>
All Known Implementing Classes:
DLSyntaxDocumentFormatFactory, DLSyntaxHTMLDocumentFormatFactory, FunctionalSyntaxDocumentFormatFactory, KRSS2DocumentFormatFactory, KRSSDocumentFormatFactory, LabelFunctionalDocumentFormatFactory, LatexAxiomsListDocumentFormatFactory, LatexDocumentFormatFactory, ManchesterSyntaxDocumentFormatFactory, OBODocumentFormatFactory, OWLDocumentFormatFactoryImpl, OWLXMLDocumentFormatFactory, RDFXMLDocumentFormatFactory, TurtleDocumentFormatFactory
public interface OWLDocumentFormatFactory extends Serializable, Supplier<OWLDocumentFormat>, MIMETypeAware
Factory for ontology formats.
Since:
4.0.0
Author:
Peter Ansell [email protected]

  • Method Summary

    Modifier and Type
    Method
    Description
    OWLDocumentFormat
    createFormat()
    Create a new format.
    String
    getKey()
    Returns the key for the OWLDocumentFormat that this class is a factory for without necessarily creating an instance of the OWLDocumentFormat.
    boolean
    isTextual()
    Returns true if this format can be represented using textual characters.

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

    getDefaultMIMEType, getMIMETypes, handlesMimeType

    Methods inherited from interface java.util.function.Supplier

    get

  • Method Details

    • createFormat

      OWLDocumentFormat createFormat()
      Create a new format. Note that ontology formats currently carry prefix information for the ontology, so an instance cannot, in general, be reused for multiple parsings.
      Returns:
      new storer

    • getKey

      String getKey()
      Returns the key for the OWLDocumentFormat that this class is a factory for without necessarily creating an instance of the OWLDocumentFormat.
      Returns:
      The key for the OWLDocumentFormat.

    • isTextual

      boolean isTextual()
      Returns true if this format can be represented using textual characters. Returns false if this format must be dealt with using binary methods.
      Returns:
      True if this format is textual, and false if it is a binary format.