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General Interfaces for working with OWL objects

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/*
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 * elk-reasoner
 * 
 * $Id: ElkObject.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/ElkObject.java $
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/**
 * @author Markus Kroetzsch, Aug 8, 2011
 */
package org.semanticweb.elk.owl.interfaces;

import org.semanticweb.elk.owl.visitors.ElkObjectVisitor;

/**
 * 
 * @author Frantisek Simancik
 *
 */
public interface ElkObject {

	/**
	 * Accept an {@link ElkObjectVisitor}.
	 * 
	 * @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(ElkObjectVisitor visitor);

	/**
	 * A factory for creating instances
	 * 
	 * @author Yevgeny Kazakov
	 *
	 */
	interface Factory
			extends ElkAnnotation.Factory, ElkAnnotationSubject.Factory,
			ElkAnnotationValue.Factory, ElkAxiom.Factory,
			ElkClassExpression.Factory, ElkDataPropertyExpression.Factory,
			ElkDataRange.Factory, ElkEntity.Factory,
			ElkFacetRestriction.Factory, ElkIndividual.Factory,
			ElkLiteral.Factory, ElkObjectPropertyExpression.Factory,
			ElkSubObjectPropertyExpression.Factory {

		// combined interface

	}

}