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package org.semanticweb.owlapi.model;

import java.util.Set;

import org.semanticweb.owlapi.change.OWLOntologyChangeData;
import org.semanticweb.owlapi.change.OWLOntologyChangeRecord;

/**
 * Author: Matthew Horridge

 * The University Of Manchester

 * Bio-Health Informatics Group
 * Date: 25-Oct-2006
 */
public abstract class OWLOntologyChange {

    private final OWLOntology ont;

    /**
     * @param ont the ontology to which the change is to be applied
     */
    public OWLOntologyChange(OWLOntology ont) {
        this.ont = ont;
    }


    /**
     * Determines if the change will cause the addition or
     * removal of an axiom from an ontology.
     *
     * @return {@code true} if the change is an {@code OWLAddAxiomChange}
     *         or {@code OWLRemoveAxiomChange} otherwise {@code false}.
     */
    public abstract boolean isAxiomChange();
    
    /** Determines if the change will add an axiom to an ontology.
     * 
     * @return true if the change is an AddAxiom change and it will
     *         add an axiom to an ontology, false otherwise. */
    public abstract boolean isAddAxiom();

    /** Determines if the change will remove an axiom from an ontology.
     * 
     * @return true if the change is a RemoveAxiom change and it
     *         will remove an axiom from an ontology, false
     *         otherwise. */
    public boolean isRemoveAxiom() {
        return isAxiomChange() && !isAddAxiom();
    }

    /** If the change is an axiom change (i.e. AddAxiom or RemoveAxiom) this
     * method obtains the axiom.
     * 
     * @return The Axiom if this change is an axiom change
     * @throws UnsupportedOperationException
     *             If the change is not an axiom change (check with the
     *             {@code isAxiomChange} method first). */
    public abstract OWLAxiom getAxiom();


    /**
     * Determines if this change is an import change and hence causes a change to the imports closure of an ontology.
     *
     * @return {@code true} if this change is an import change, otherwise {@code false}.
     */
    public abstract boolean isImportChange();

    /**
     * Gets the ontology that the change is/was applied to
     *
     * @return The ontology that the change is applicable to
     */
    public OWLOntology getOntology() {
        return ont;
    }

    /**
     * Gets the data (independent of the ontology) associated with this specific change.
     *
     * @return The {@link OWLOntologyChangeData} associated with this {@link OWLOntologyChange}.  Not {@code null}.
     */
    public abstract OWLOntologyChangeData getChangeData();

    /**
     * Gets a {@link OWLOntologyChangeRecord} that is derived from this {@link OWLOntologyChange}'s {@link
     * OWLOntologyID} and it's {@link OWLOntologyChangeData}.
     *
     * @return An {@link OWLOntologyChangeRecord} containing an {@link OWLOntologyID} equal to the {@link
     *         OWLOntologyID} of this {@link OWLOntologyChange}'s {@link OWLOntology}.  Not {@code null}.
     */
    public OWLOntologyChangeRecord getChangeRecord() {
        return new OWLOntologyChangeRecord(ont.getOntologyID(), getChangeData());
    }

    /**
     * Gets the signature of this ontology change.  That is, the set of entities appearing in objects in this change.
     * @return A set of entities that correspond to the
     *         signature of this object. The set is a copy, changes are not reflected back.
     */
    public abstract Set getSignature();


    @SuppressWarnings("javadoc")
    public abstract void accept(OWLOntologyChangeVisitor visitor);

    @SuppressWarnings("javadoc")
    public abstract  O accept(OWLOntologyChangeVisitorEx visitor);

}