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package org.semanticweb.owlapi.model;

import java.util.List;


/**
 * Author: Matthew Horridge

 * The University Of Manchester

 * Bio-Health Informatics Group

 * Date: 22-Nov-2006


 * 
 * Represents a SubObjectPropertyOf axiom in the OWL 2 Specification where the subproperty is
 * a chain of properties.  Note that this axiom type is not explicit in the OWL 2 specification, but it is included
 * in the OWL API as a convenience to the programmer.
 */
public interface OWLSubPropertyChainOfAxiom extends OWLObjectPropertyAxiom {

    /**
     * Gets the chain of properties that represents the subproperty in this axiom.
     * @return A list of object property expressions that represents the chain of properties that represent the subproperty
     * in this axiom.
     */
    List getPropertyChain();

    /**
     * Gets the super property of this axiom
     * @return The property expression that represents the superproperty in this expression.
     */
    OWLObjectPropertyExpression getSuperProperty();


    /**
     * Determines if this axiom is of the form:  P o P -> P, which
     * is an encoding of Transitive(P)
     *
     * @return true if this encodes that the super property
     *         is transitive, otherwise false.
     */
    boolean isEncodingOfTransitiveProperty();

    @Override
    OWLSubPropertyChainOfAxiom getAxiomWithoutAnnotations();
}