org.semanticweb.owl.model
Interface OWLProperty

All Superinterfaces:

Cloneable, OWLDeprecatableObject, OWLEntity, OWLNamedObject, OWLObject, OWLOntologyObject, Serializable

All Known Subinterfaces:

OWLDataProperty, OWLObjectProperty

All Known Implementing Classes:

OWLDataPropertyImpl, OWLObjectPropertyImpl, OWLPropertyImpl

public interface OWLProperty

extends OWLEntity, OWLDeprecatableObject

A Property in an OWL ontology.

Version:

$Id: OWLProperty.java,v 1.1.1.1 2003/10/14 17:10:09 sean_bechhofer Exp $

Method Summary

Set	getDomains(OWLOntology o) Return all domains (in the given ontology).
Set	getDomains(Set ontologies) Return all domains (in the given ontologies).
Set	getRanges(OWLOntology o) Return all ranges in the given ontology.
Set	getRanges(Set ontologies) Return all ranges in the given ontologies.
Set	getSuperProperties(OWLOntology o) Return any asserted superproperties in the given ontology.
Set	getSuperProperties(Set ontologies) Return any asserted superproperties in any of the given ontologies.
boolean	isFunctional(OWLOntology o) Returns true if the property is declared as being functional in the given ontology
boolean	isFunctional(Set ontologies) Returns true if the property is declared as being functional in any of the given ontologies

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

accept

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

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

isDeprecated

Method Detail

getSuperProperties

public Set getSuperProperties(OWLOntology o)
                       throws OWLException

Return any asserted superproperties in the given ontology.

Parameters:

o - an OWLOntology value

Returns:

a Set value

OWLException

getSuperProperties

public Set getSuperProperties(Set ontologies)
                       throws OWLException

Return any asserted superproperties in any of the given ontologies.

Returns:

a Set value

OWLException

getDomains

public Set getDomains(OWLOntology o)
               throws OWLException

Return all domains (in the given ontology).

Parameters:

o - an OWLOntology value

Returns:

a Set value

OWLException

getDomains

public Set getDomains(Set ontologies)
               throws OWLException

Return all domains (in the given ontologies).

Returns:

a Set value

OWLException

getRanges

public Set getRanges(OWLOntology o)
              throws OWLException

Return all ranges in the given ontology.

Parameters:

o - an OWLOntology value

Returns:

a Set value

OWLException

getRanges

public Set getRanges(Set ontologies)
              throws OWLException

Return all ranges in the given ontologies.

Returns:

a Set value

OWLException

isFunctional

public boolean isFunctional(OWLOntology o)
                     throws OWLException

Returns true if the property is declared as being functional in the given ontology

Parameters:

o - an OWLOntology value

Returns:

a boolean value

OWLException

isFunctional

public boolean isFunctional(Set ontologies)
                     throws OWLException

Returns true if the property is declared as being functional in any of the given ontologies

Returns:

a boolean value

OWLException