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Jena is a Java framework for building Semantic Web applications. It provides a programmatic environment for RDF, RDFS and OWL, SPARQL and includes a rule-based inference engine.
/******************************************************************
* File: InfGraph.java
* Created by: Dave Reynolds
* Created on: 10-Jan-2003
*
* (c) Copyright 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009 Hewlett-Packard Development Company, LP
* [See end of file]
* $Id: InfGraph.java,v 1.1 2009/06/29 08:55:50 castagna Exp $
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package com.hp.hpl.jena.reasoner;
import com.hp.hpl.jena.graph.Graph;
import com.hp.hpl.jena.graph.Node;
import com.hp.hpl.jena.graph.Triple;
import com.hp.hpl.jena.util.iterator.ExtendedIterator;
import java.util.Iterator;
/**
* Extends the Graph interface to give additional means to query an inferred
* graph. Many entailments from the raw data are made to appear as if they
* are extract triples in the inferred graph and so appear through the
* normal Graph.find interface.
*
* However, here are two extensions required. Firstly, the ability to
* ask about global properties of the whole graph (e.g. consistency). Secondly,
* the ability to temporarily construct expressions (encoded in RDF) which
* form more complex queries.
*
* @author Dave Reynolds
* @version $Revision: 1.1 $ on $Date: 2009/06/29 08:55:50 $
*/
public interface InfGraph extends Graph {
/**
* Return the raw RDF data Graph being processed (i.e. the argument
* to the Reasonder.bind call that created this InfGraph).
*/
public Graph getRawGraph();
/**
* Return the Reasoner which is being used to answer queries to this graph.
*/
public Reasoner getReasoner();
/**
* Replace the underlying data graph for this inference graph and start any
* inferences over again. This is primarily using in setting up ontology imports
* processing to allow an imports multiunion graph to be inserted between the
* inference graph and the raw data, before processing.
* @param data the new raw data graph
*/
public void rebind(Graph data);
/**
* Cause the inference graph to reconsult the underlying graph to take
* into account changes. Normally changes are made through the InfGraph's add and
* remove calls are will be handled appropriately. However, in some cases changes
* are made "behind the InfGraph's back" and this forces a full reconsult of
* the changed data.
*/
public void rebind();
/**
* Perform any initial processing and caching. This call is optional. Most
* engines either have negligable set up work or will perform an implicit
* "prepare" if necessary. The call is provided for those occasions where
* substantial preparation work is possible (e.g. running a forward chaining
* rule system) and where an application might wish greater control over when
* this prepration is done.
*/
public void prepare();
/**
* Reset any internal caches. Some systems, such as the tabled backchainer,
* retain information after each query. A reset will wipe this information preventing
* unbounded memory use at the expense of more expensive future queries. A reset
* does not cause the raw data to be reconsulted and so is less expensive than a rebind.
*/
public void reset();
/**
* Test a global boolean property of the graph. This might included
* properties like consistency, OWLSyntacticValidity etc.
* It remains to be seen what level of generality is needed here. We could
* replace this by a small number of specific tests for common concepts.
* @param property the URI of the property to be tested
* @return a Node giving the value of the global property, this may
* be a boolean literal, some other literal value (e.g. a size).
*/
public Node getGlobalProperty(Node property);
/**
* A convenience version of getGlobalProperty which can only return
* a boolean result.
*/
public boolean testGlobalProperty(Node property);
/**
* Test the consistency of the bound data. This normally tests
* the validity of the bound instance data against the bound
* schema data.
* @return a ValidityReport structure
*/
public ValidityReport validate();
/**
* An extension of the Graph.find interface which allows the caller to
* encode complex expressions in RDF and then refer to those expressions
* within the query triple. For example, one might encode a class expression
* and then ask if there are any instances of this class expression in the
* InfGraph.
* @param subject the subject Node of the query triple, may be a Node in
* the graph or a node in the parameter micro-graph or null
* @param property the property to be retrieved or null
* @param object the object Node of the query triple, may be a Node in
* the graph or a node in the parameter micro-graph.
* @param param a small graph encoding an expression which the subject and/or
* object nodes refer.
*/
public ExtendedIterator find(Node subject, Node property, Node object, Graph param);
/**
* Switch on/off drivation logging
*/
public void setDerivationLogging(boolean logOn);
/**
* Return the derivation of the given triple (which is the result of
* some previous find operation).
* Not all reasoneers will support derivations.
* @return an iterator over Derivation records or null if there is no derivation information
* available for this triple.
*/
public Iterator getDerivation(Triple triple);
/**
* Returns a derivations graph. The rule reasoners typically create a
* graph containing those triples added to the base graph due to rule firings.
* In some applications it can useful to be able to access those deductions
* directly, without seeing the raw data which triggered them. In particular,
* this allows the forward rules to be used as if they were rewrite transformation
* rules.
* @return the deductions graph, if relevant for this class of inference
* engine or null if not.
*/
public Graph getDeductionsGraph();
}
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