org.semanticweb.owl.model
Interface OWLEquivalentClassesAxiom

All Superinterfaces:

Cloneable, OWLClassAxiom, OWLObject, OWLOntologyObject, Serializable

All Known Implementing Classes:

OWLEquivalentClassesAxiomImpl

public interface OWLEquivalentClassesAxiom

extends OWLClassAxiom

An axiom asserting the equivalence of a number of classes.

Version:

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

Method Summary

Set	getEquivalentClasses() Returns a collection of OWLDescriptions which are the descriptions asserted to be equivalent.

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

accept

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

getEquivalentClasses

public Set getEquivalentClasses()
                         throws OWLException

Returns a collection of OWLDescriptions which are the descriptions asserted to be equivalent.

OWLException