org.semanticweb.owlapi.model

Interface HasApplyChange

All Known Subinterfaces:

OWLMutableOntology, OWLOntologyManager

All Known Implementing Classes:

ConcurrentOWLOntologyImpl, OWLOntologyImpl, OWLOntologyManagerImpl

public interface HasApplyChange

Since:

3.5

Author:

Matthew Horridge, Stanford University, Bio-Medical Informatics Research Group

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
ChangeApplied	applyChange(OWLOntologyChange change) A convenience method that applies just one change to an ontology.

Method Detail

applyChange

@Nonnull
ChangeApplied applyChange(@Nonnull
                                   OWLOntologyChange change)

A convenience method that applies just one change to an ontology. When this method is used through an OWLOntologyManager implementation, the instance used should be the one that the ontology returns through the getOWLOntologyManager() call. The reason is that some changes, e.g., change of ontology id and change of imports directives, affect data that only that manager instance knows about, such as the imports closure; changes of ontology id through the wrong manager will make the ontology unreachable through its new id in the manager associated with the ontology. Configuration for loading and saving parameters is also held by the manager, if not explicitly specified for the ontology. While the change might be successful, other bugs might be made apparent later.

Parameters:

change - The change to be applied

Returns:

ChangeApplied.SUCCESSFULLY if the change is applied with success, ChangeApplied.UNSUCCESSFULLY otherwise.

Throws:

OWLOntologyChangeException - If the change could not be applied. See subclasses of ontology change exception for more specific details.

OWLOntologyRenameException - If one or more of the changes is an instance of SetOntologyID where the new OWLOntologyID already belongs to an ontology managed by this manager.