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General Interfaces for working with OWL objects

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 * $Id: ElkClass.java 295 2011-08-10 11:43:29Z [email protected] $
 * $HeadURL: https://elk-reasoner.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/elk-reasoner/src/main/java/org/semanticweb/elk/syntax/interfaces/ElkClass.java $
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/**
 * @author Markus Kroetzsch, Aug 8, 2011
 */
package org.semanticweb.elk.owl.interfaces;

import org.semanticweb.elk.owl.iris.ElkIri;
import org.semanticweb.elk.owl.predefined.PredefinedElkClassFactory;
import org.semanticweb.elk.owl.visitors.ElkClassVisitor;

/**
 * Corresponds to a
 * Class in the OWL 2
 * specification.
 * 
 * @author Markus Kroetzsch
 */
public interface ElkClass extends ElkClassExpression, ElkEntity {

	/**
	 * Accept an {@link ElkClassVisitor}.
	 * 
	 * @param visitor
	 *            the visitor that can work with this object type
	 * @param 
	 *            the type of the output of the visitor           
	 * @return the output of the visitor
	 */
	public  O accept(ElkClassVisitor visitor);

	/**
	 * A factory for creating instances
	 * 
	 * @author Yevgeny Kazakov
	 *
	 */
	interface Factory extends PredefinedElkClassFactory {

		/**
		 * Create an {@link ElkClass}.
		 * 
		 * @param iri
		 *            the {@link ElkIri} for which the object should be created
		 * @return an {@link ElkClass} corresponding to the input
		 */
		public ElkClass getClass(ElkIri iri);

	}

}