org.semanticweb.owl.io
Interface Parser

All Superinterfaces:

Options

All Known Implementing Classes:

AbstractOWLParser, OWLRDFParser

public interface Parser

extends Options

Parse some concrete representation into an OWL data structure. Created: Thu Dec 19 15:55:21 2002

Version:

$Id: Parser.java,v 1.1.1.1 2003/10/14 17:10:08 sean_bechhofer Exp $

Method Summary

OWLConnection	getConnection() Get the connection used to create new ontologies.
OWLOntology	parseOntology(Reader reader, URI physicalURI) Parse from the given reader and return a new ontology object based on the connection that the parser knows about.
OWLOntology	parseOntology(URI uri) Parse from the given URI and return a new ontology object based on the connection that the parser knows about.
void	setConnection(OWLConnection connection) Set the connection used to create new ontologies.

Methods inherited from interface org.semanticweb.owl.io.Options

getOptions, setOptions

Method Detail

setConnection

public void setConnection(OWLConnection connection)

Set the connection used to create new ontologies. Implementations of this interface may choose to provide access to a default implementation. If required, however, the implementation used can be directly set using this method.

getConnection

public OWLConnection getConnection()

Get the connection used to create new ontologies.

parseOntology

public OWLOntology parseOntology(Reader reader,
                                 URI physicalURI)
                          throws ParserException

Parse from the given reader and return a new ontology object based on the connection that the parser knows about. We also require that a physical URI is provided for the resulting ontology.

ParserException

parseOntology

public OWLOntology parseOntology(URI uri)
                          throws ParserException

Parse from the given URI and return a new ontology object based on the connection that the parser knows about.

ParserException