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/*
 * This file is part of the OWL API.
 *
 * The contents of this file are subject to the LGPL License, Version 3.0.
 *
 * Copyright (C) 2011, The University of Manchester
 *
 * This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
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 * Copyright 2011, University of Manchester
 *
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package org.semanticweb.owlapi.reasoner.knowledgeexploration;

import java.util.Collection;

import org.semanticweb.owlapi.model.OWLClassExpression;
import org.semanticweb.owlapi.model.OWLDataProperty;
import org.semanticweb.owlapi.model.OWLDataRange;
import org.semanticweb.owlapi.model.OWLObjectProperty;
import org.semanticweb.owlapi.model.OWLObjectPropertyExpression;
import org.semanticweb.owlapi.reasoner.Node;
import org.semanticweb.owlapi.reasoner.OWLReasoner;

@SuppressWarnings("javadoc")
public interface OWLKnowledgeExplorerReasoner extends OWLReasoner {
    public interface RootNode{
        public  T getNode();
    }
    /**
     * @param expression
     *            the expression of which the completion tree is to be computed
     * @return compute and return the root node of the completion tree for the
     *         expression
     */
    RootNode getRoot(OWLClassExpression expression);

    /**
     * @param node
     *            a node, as returned by either getRoot() or
     *            getObjectNeighbours()
     * @param deterministicOnly
     *            true if only deterministic results should be returned
     * */
    Node getObjectNeighbours(RootNode node,
            boolean deterministicOnly);

    /**
     * @param node
     *            a node, as returned by either getRoot() or
     *            getObjectNeighbours()
     * @param deterministicOnly
     *            true if only deterministic results should be returned
     * */
    Node getDataNeighbours(RootNode node, boolean deterministicOnly);

    /**
     * @param node
     *            a node, as returned by either getRoot() or
     *            getObjectNeighbours()
     * @param property
     *            the property being followed
     * */
    Collection getObjectNeighbours(RootNode node, OWLObjectProperty property);

    /**
     * @param node
     *            a node, as returned by either getRoot() or
     *            getObjectNeighbours()
     * @param property
     *            the property being followed
     * */
    Collection getDataNeighbours(RootNode node, OWLDataProperty property);

    /**
     * @param node
     *            a node, as returned by either getRoot() or
     *            getObjectNeighbours()
     * @param deterministicOnly
     *            true if only deterministic results should be returned
     * */
    Node getObjectLabel(RootNode node, boolean deterministicOnly);

    /**
     * @param node
     *            a node, as returned by getDataNeighbours()
     * @param deterministicOnly
     *            true if only deterministic results should be returned
     * */
    Node getDataLabel(RootNode node, boolean deterministicOnly);

    /**
     * @param node
     *            a node, as return by either getRoot() or getObjectNeighbours()
     * @return
     *            a node that blocks given node, or null if there is no such blocker
     */
    RootNode getBlocker(RootNode node);
}