gate.creole.ontology
Interface OClass

All Superinterfaces:

OConstants, OResource

All Known Subinterfaces:

AllValuesFromRestriction, AnonymousClass, CardinalityRestriction, HasValueRestriction, MaxCardinalityRestriction, MinCardinalityRestriction, Restriction, SomeValuesFromRestriction

public interface OClass
extends OResource, OConstants

Each OClass (Ontology Class) represents a concept/class in ontology. It provides various methods (including and not limited) to iterate through its super and sub classes in the taxonomy hierarchy.

Author:

Niraj Aswani, Johann Petrak

Nested Class Summary

Nested classes/interfaces inherited from interface gate.creole.ontology.OConstants

OConstants.Closure, OConstants.OntologyFormat, OConstants.OWL, OConstants.QueryLanguage, OConstants.RDF, OConstants.RDFS, OConstants.XMLSchema

Field Summary

Fields inherited from interface gate.creole.ontology.OConstants

ABKHAZIAN, AFAR, AFRIKAANS, ALBANIAN, ALL_VALUES_FROM_RESTRICTION, ALL_VALUES_FROM_RESTRICTION_ADDED_EVENT, AMHARIC, ANNONYMOUS_CLASS, ANNOTATION_PROPERTY, ANNOTATION_PROPERTY_ADDED_EVENT, ANNOTATION_PROPERTY_VALUE_ADDED_EVENT, ANNOTATION_PROPERTY_VALUE_REMOVED_EVENT, ANONYMOUS_CLASS_ADDED_EVENT, ANONYMOUS_CLASS_NAME, ARABIC, ARMENIAN, ASSAMESE, AYMARA, AZERBAIJANI, BASHKIR, BASQUE, BENGALI, BHUTANI, BIHARI, BISLAMA, BRETON, BULGARIAN, BURMESE, BYELORUSSIAN, CAMBODIAN, CARDINALITY_RESTRICTION, CARDINALITY_RESTRICTION_ADDED_EVENT, CATALAN, CHINESE, CORSICAN, CROATIAN, CZECH, DANISH, DATATYPE_PROPERTY, DATATYPE_PROPERTY_ADDED_EVENT, DATATYPE_PROPERTY_VALUE_ADDED_EVENT, DATATYPE_PROPERTY_VALUE_REMOVED_EVENT, DIFFERENT_INSTANCE_EVENT, DIRECT_CLOSURE, DUTCH, ENGLISH, EQUIVALENT_CLASS_EVENT, EQUIVALENT_PROPERTY_EVENT, ESPERANTO, ESTONIAN, FAROESE, FIJI, FINNISH, FRENCH, FRISIAN, GALICIAN, GEORGIAN, GERMAN, GREEK, GREENLANDIC, GUARANI, GUJARATI, HAS_VALUE_RESTRICTION, HAS_VALUE_RESTRICTION_ADDED_EVENT, HAUSA, HEBREW, HINDI, HUNGARIAN, ICELANDIC, INDONESIAN, INSTANCE, INTERLINGUA, INTERLINGUE, INUKTITUT, INUPIAK, IRISH, ITALIAN, JAPANESE, JAVANESE, KANNADA, KASHMIRI, KAZAKH, KINYARWANDA, KIRGHIZ, KIRUNDI, KOREAN, KURDISH, LAOTHIAN, LATIN, LATVIAN, LINGALA, LITHUANIAN, MACEDONIAN, MALAGASY, MALAY, MALAYALAM, MALTESE, MAORI, MARATHI, MAX_CARDINALITY_RESTRICTION, MAX_CARDINALITY_RESTRICTION_ADDED_EVENT, MIN_CARDINALITY_RESTRICTION, MIN_CARDINALITY_RESTRICTION_ADDED_EVENT, MOLDAVIAN, MONGOLIAN, NAURU, NEPALI, NORWEGIAN, OBJECT_PROPERTY, OBJECT_PROPERTY_ADDED_EVENT, OBJECT_PROPERTY_VALUE_ADDED_EVENT, OBJECT_PROPERTY_VALUE_REMOVED_EVENT, OCCITAN, OCLASS_ADDED_EVENT, OINSTANCE_ADDED_EVENT, ONTOLOGY_DEFAULT_BASE_URI, ONTOLOGY_EVENT_LOG_FEATURE_NAME, ONTOLOGY_FORMAT_N3, ONTOLOGY_FORMAT_NTRIPLES, ONTOLOGY_FORMAT_RDFXML, ONTOLOGY_FORMAT_TURTLE, ORIYA, OROMO, OWL_CLASS, PASHTO, PERSIAN, POLISH, PORTUGUESE, PUNJABI, QUECHUA, RDF_PROPERTY, RDF_PROPERTY_VALUE_ADDED_EVENT, RDF_PROPERTY_VALUE_REMOVED_EVENT, RESOURCE_REMOVED_EVENT, RESTRICTION_ON_PROPERTY_VALUE_CHANGED, RHAETO_ROMANCE, ROMANIAN, RUSSIAN, SAME_INSTANCE_EVENT, SAMOAN, SANGHO, SANSKRIT, SCOTS, SERBIAN, SERBO_CROATIAN, SESOTHO, SETSWANA, SHONA, SINDHI, SINHALESE, SISWATI, SLOVAK, SLOVENIAN, SOMALI, SOME_VALUES_FROM_RESTRICTION, SOME_VALUES_FROM_RESTRICTION_ADDED_EVENT, SPANISH, SUB_CLASS_ADDED_EVENT, SUB_CLASS_REMOVED_EVENT, SUB_PROPERTY_ADDED_EVENT, SUB_PROPERTY_REMOVED_EVENT, SUNDANESE, SWAHILI, SWEDISH, SYMMETRIC_PROPERTY, SYMMETRIC_PROPERTY_ADDED_EVENT, TAGALOG, TAJIK, TAMIL, TATAR, TELUGU, THAI, TIBETAN, TIGRINYA, TONGA, TRANSITIVE_CLOSURE, TRANSITIVE_PROPERTY, TRANSTIVE_PROPERTY_ADDED_EVENT, TSONGA, TURKISH, TURKMEN, TWI, UIGHUR, UKRAINIAN, URDU, UZBEK, VIETNAMESE, VOLAPUK, WELSH, WOLOF, XHOSA, YIDDISH, YORUBA, ZHUANG, ZULU

Method Summary

void	addSubClass(OClass subClass) Adds a sub class to this class.
Set<OClass>	getEquivalentClasses() Returns a set of all classes that are equivalent as this one.
Set<OClass>	getSubClasses(byte closure) Deprecated.
Set<OClass>	getSubClasses(OConstants.Closure closure)
ClosableIterator<OClass>	getSubClassesIterator(OConstants.Closure closure)
ArrayList<Set<OClass>>	getSubClassesVsDistance() Gets the sub classes, and returns them in an array list where on each index there is a collection of the sub classes at distance - the index.
Set<OClass>	getSuperClasses(byte closure) Deprecated.
Set<OClass>	getSuperClasses(OConstants.Closure closure)
ArrayList<Set<OClass>>	getSuperClassesVSDistance() Gets the super classes, and returns them in an array list where on each index there is a collection of the super classes at distance - the index.
boolean	isEquivalentClassAs(OClass aClass) Checks whether the class is equivalent as the given class.
boolean	isSubClassOf(OClass aClass, byte closure) Deprecated.
boolean	isSubClassOf(OClass aClass, OConstants.Closure closure)
boolean	isSuperClassOf(OClass aClass, byte closure) Checks whether the class is a super class of the given class.
boolean	isSuperClassOf(OClass aClass, OConstants.Closure closure)
boolean	isTopClass() Checks whether this class is a top.
void	removeSubClass(OClass subClass) Removes a sub class.
void	setEquivalentClassAs(OClass theClass) Indicates that these classes are the equivalent

Methods inherited from interface gate.creole.ontology.OResource

addAnnotationPropertyValue, getAllSetProperties, getAnnotationPropertyValues, getComment, getComments, getLabel, getLabels, getName, getONodeID, getOntology, getPropertiesWithResourceAsDomain, getPropertiesWithResourceAsRange, getSetAnnotationProperties, getURI, hasAnnotationPropertyWithValue, removeAnnotationPropertyValue, removeAnnotationPropertyValues, setComment, setLabel, setURI

Method Detail

addSubClass

void addSubClass(OClass subClass)

Adds a sub class to this class.

Parameters:

subClass - the subClass to be added.

removeSubClass

void removeSubClass(OClass subClass)

Removes a sub class.

Parameters:

subClass - the sub class to be removed

getSubClasses

@Deprecated
Set<OClass> getSubClasses(byte closure)

Deprecated.

Gets the subclasses according to the desired closure.

Parameters:

closure - either DIRECT_CLOSURE or TRASITIVE_CLOSURE

Returns:

the set of subclasses

getSubClasses

Set<OClass> getSubClasses(OConstants.Closure closure)

getSubClassesIterator

ClosableIterator<OClass> getSubClassesIterator(OConstants.Closure closure)

getSuperClasses

@Deprecated
Set<OClass> getSuperClasses(byte closure)

Deprecated.

Gets the super classes according to the desired closure.

Parameters:

closure - either DIRECT_CLOSURE or TRASITIVE_CLOSURE

Returns:

the set of super classes

getSuperClasses

Set<OClass> getSuperClasses(OConstants.Closure closure)

isSuperClassOf

boolean isSuperClassOf(OClass aClass,
                       byte closure)

Checks whether the class is a super class of the given class.

Parameters:

aClass -

closure - either OntologyConstants.DIRECT_CLOSURE or OntologyConstants.TRANSITIVE_CLOSURE

Returns:

true, if the class is a super class of the given class, otherwise - false.

isSuperClassOf

boolean isSuperClassOf(OClass aClass,
                       OConstants.Closure closure)

isSubClassOf

@Deprecated
boolean isSubClassOf(OClass aClass,
                                byte closure)

Deprecated.

Checks whether the class is a sub class of the given class.

Parameters:

aClass -

closure - either OntologyConstants.DIRECT_CLOSURE or OntologyConstants.TRANSITIVE_CLOSURE

Returns:

true, if the class is a sub class of the given class, otherwise - false.

isSubClassOf

boolean isSubClassOf(OClass aClass,
                     OConstants.Closure closure)

isTopClass

boolean isTopClass()

Checks whether this class is a top.

Returns:

true if this is a top class, otherwise - false.

setEquivalentClassAs

void setEquivalentClassAs(OClass theClass)

Indicates that these classes are the equivalent

getEquivalentClasses

Set<OClass> getEquivalentClasses()

Returns a set of all classes that are equivalent as this one. Null if no such classes.

isEquivalentClassAs

boolean isEquivalentClassAs(OClass aClass)

Checks whether the class is equivalent as the given class.

Parameters:

aClass -

Returns:

true, if the class is equivalent as the aClass, otherwise - false.

getSuperClassesVSDistance

ArrayList<Set<OClass>> getSuperClassesVSDistance()

Gets the super classes, and returns them in an array list where on each index there is a collection of the super classes at distance - the index.

getSubClassesVsDistance

ArrayList<Set<OClass>> getSubClassesVsDistance()

Gets the sub classes, and returns them in an array list where on each index there is a collection of the sub classes at distance - the index.