org.semanticweb.owl.model
Interface OWLEntity

All Superinterfaces:

Cloneable, OWLNamedObject, OWLObject, OWLOntologyObject, Serializable

All Known Subinterfaces:

OWLAnnotationProperty, OWLClass, OWLDataProperty, OWLIndividual, OWLObjectProperty, OWLProperty

All Known Implementing Classes:

OWLAnnotationPropertyImpl, OWLClassImpl, OWLDataPropertyImpl, OWLEntityImpl, OWLIndividualImpl, OWLObjectPropertyImpl, OWLPropertyImpl

public interface OWLEntity

extends OWLNamedObject, OWLOntologyObject

A top level interface for entities -- the primitive kinds of things that are found in Ontologies. OWLEntities accept visits from OWLEntityVisitor. The use of the Visitor pattern (see Design Patterns, Gamma et. al. p.331) allows us to extend the functionality of the data structures without having to alter the underlying implementation. OWLEntity.java

Version:

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

Method Summary

void	accept(OWLEntityVisitor visitor) Accept a visit from a visitor

Methods inherited from interface org.semanticweb.owl.model.OWLNamedObject

getURI

Methods inherited from interface org.semanticweb.owl.model.OWLObject

accept, clone, getAnnotations, getAnnotations, getContainedObjects, getMetadata, getOWLConnection, getOWLDataFactory

Methods inherited from interface org.semanticweb.owl.model.OWLOntologyObject

getOntologies

Method Detail

accept

public void accept(OWLEntityVisitor visitor)
            throws OWLException

Accept a visit from a visitor

OWLException