org.semanticweb.owlapi.model

Interface OWLDeclarationAxiom

All Superinterfaces:

Comparable<OWLObject>, HasAnnotationPropertiesInSignature, HasAnnotations, HasAnonymousIndividuals, HasClassesInSignature, HasContainsEntityInSignature, HasDataPropertiesInSignature, HasDatatypesInSignature, HasIndividualsInSignature, HasObjectPropertiesInSignature, HasSignature, IsAnonymous, OWLAxiom, OWLObject, Serializable

All Known Implementing Classes:

OWLDeclarationAxiomImpl

public interface OWLDeclarationAxiom
extends OWLAxiom

Represents a Declaration in the OWL 2 Specification.
A declaration axiom declares an entity in an ontology. It doesn't affect the logical meaning of the ontology.

Since:

2.0.0

Author:

Matthew Horridge, The University Of Manchester, Bio-Health Informatics Group

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
OWLDeclarationAxiom	getAxiomWithoutAnnotations() Gets an axiom that is structurally equivalent to this axiom without annotations.
OWLEntity	getEntity()

Methods inherited from interface org.semanticweb.owlapi.model.OWLAxiom

accept, accept, equalsIgnoreAnnotations, getAnnotatedAxiom, getAnnotations, getAnnotations, getAxiomType, getNNF, isAnnotated, isAnnotationAxiom, isLogicalAxiom, isOfType, isOfType

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

accept, accept, getNestedClassExpressions, isBottomEntity, isIndividual, isIRI, isTopEntity, toString

Methods inherited from interface java.lang.Comparable

compareTo

Methods inherited from interface org.semanticweb.owlapi.model.HasSignature

getSignature

Methods inherited from interface org.semanticweb.owlapi.model.HasContainsEntityInSignature

containsEntityInSignature

Methods inherited from interface org.semanticweb.owlapi.model.HasAnonymousIndividuals

getAnonymousIndividuals

Methods inherited from interface org.semanticweb.owlapi.model.HasClassesInSignature

getClassesInSignature

Methods inherited from interface org.semanticweb.owlapi.model.HasObjectPropertiesInSignature

getObjectPropertiesInSignature

Methods inherited from interface org.semanticweb.owlapi.model.HasDataPropertiesInSignature

getDataPropertiesInSignature

Methods inherited from interface org.semanticweb.owlapi.model.HasIndividualsInSignature

getIndividualsInSignature

Methods inherited from interface org.semanticweb.owlapi.model.HasDatatypesInSignature

getDatatypesInSignature

Methods inherited from interface org.semanticweb.owlapi.model.HasAnnotationPropertiesInSignature

getAnnotationPropertiesInSignature

Methods inherited from interface org.semanticweb.owlapi.model.IsAnonymous

isAnonymous, isNamed

Method Detail

getEntity

@Nonnull
OWLEntity getEntity()

Returns:

The entity that is declared by this axiom.

getAxiomWithoutAnnotations

@Nonnull
OWLDeclarationAxiom getAxiomWithoutAnnotations()

Description copied from interface: OWLAxiom

Gets an axiom that is structurally equivalent to this axiom without annotations. This essentially returns a version of this axiom stripped of any annotations

Specified by:

getAxiomWithoutAnnotations in interface OWLAxiom

Returns:

the axiom deprived of annotations