org.semanticweb.owlapi.expression

Interface OWLExpressionParser<O>

Type Parameters:

O - the kind of parsed expression

All Known Subinterfaces:

OWLClassExpressionParser

All Known Implementing Classes:

ManchesterOWLSyntaxClassExpressionParser, ManchesterOWLSyntaxClassFrameParser, ManchesterOWLSyntaxFramesParser, ManchesterOWLSyntaxInlineAxiomParser

public interface OWLExpressionParser<O>

A general purpose interface which provides the ability to parse some expression into some kind of object.

Author:

Matthew Horridge, The University Of Manchester, Bio-Health Informatics Group, Date: 13-Sep-2007

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
O	parse(String expression)
void	setOWLEntityChecker(OWLEntityChecker entityChecker)

Method Detail

setOWLEntityChecker

void setOWLEntityChecker(OWLEntityChecker entityChecker)

Parameters:

entityChecker - the entity checker to use

parse

O parse(String expression)
 throws ParserException

Parameters:

expression - the expression to parse

Returns:

the parsed expression

Throws:

ParserException - parse exception