org.semanticweb.owlapitools.builders

Class BaseBuilder<T extends OWLObject,B>

java.lang.Object

org.semanticweb.owlapitools.builders.BaseBuilder<T,B>

Type Parameters:

T - built type

B - builder type

All Implemented Interfaces:

Builder<T>

Direct Known Subclasses:

BaseAnnotationPropertyBuilder, BaseDataPropertyBuilder, BaseDomainBuilder, BaseEntityBuilder, BaseObjectPropertyBuilder, BaseSetBuilder, BaseSubBuilder, BuilderAnonymousIndividual, BuilderClassAssertion, BuilderComplementOf, BuilderDataComplementOf, BuilderDatatypeDefinition, BuilderDeclaration, BuilderFacetRestriction, BuilderLiteral, BuilderSWRLBuiltInAtom, BuilderSWRLClassAtom, BuilderSWRLDataRangeAtom, BuilderSWRLDifferentIndividualsAtom, BuilderSWRLIndividualArgument, BuilderSWRLLiteralArgument, BuilderSWRLRule, BuilderSWRLSameIndividualAtom, BuilderSWRLVariable

public abstract class BaseBuilder<T extends OWLObject,B>
extends Object
implements Builder<T>

Base builder class, providing annotations storage

Author:

ignazio

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
List<OWLOntologyChange>	applyChanges(OWLOntology o) If the builder is constructing an axiom, this method will add the axiom and all needed changes to make the ontology fit in the expected profile; the changes will be returned but there is no need to apply them, as they have already been applied.
abstract T	buildObject()
B	withAnnotation(OWLAnnotation arg)
B	withAnnotations(Collection<OWLAnnotation> arg)

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

equals, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Method Detail

withAnnotation

@Nonnull
public B withAnnotation(OWLAnnotation arg)

Parameters:

arg - annotation

Returns:

builder

withAnnotations

@Nonnull
public B withAnnotations(@Nonnull
                                  Collection<OWLAnnotation> arg)

Parameters:

arg - annotation

Returns:

builder

buildObject

public abstract T buildObject()

Specified by:

buildObject in interface Builder<T extends OWLObject>

Returns:

freshly built object

applyChanges

@Nonnull
public List<OWLOntologyChange> applyChanges(@Nonnull
                                                     OWLOntology o)

Description copied from interface: Builder

If the builder is constructing an axiom, this method will add the axiom and all needed changes to make the ontology fit in the expected profile; the changes will be returned but there is no need to apply them, as they have already been applied.

Specified by:

applyChanges in interface Builder<T extends OWLObject>

Parameters:

o - ontology

Returns:

changes the ontology to which the changes should be applied