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 * $Id: ElkObjectIntersectionOf.java 297 2011-08-10 14:42:57Z [email protected] $
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/**
 * @author Markus Kroetzsch, Aug 8, 2011
 */
package org.semanticweb.elk.owl.interfaces;

import java.util.List;

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

/**
 * Corresponds to an 
 * Intersection of Class Expressions in the OWL 2 specification.
 * 
 * @author Markus Kroetzsch
 */
public interface ElkObjectIntersectionOf extends ElkClassExpression {

	/**
	 * Get the list of class expressions that this expression refers to. The
	 * order of class expressions does not affect the semantics but it is
	 * relevant to the syntax of OWL.
	 * 
	 * @return list of class expressions
	 */
	public List getClassExpressions();

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

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

		/**
		 * Create an {@link ElkObjectIntersectionOf}.
		 * 
		 * @param first
		 *            the first {@link ElkClassExpression} for which the object
		 *            should be created
		 * @param second
		 *            the second {@link ElkClassExpression} for which the object
		 *            should be created
		 * @param other
		 *            other {@link ElkClassExpression}s for which the object
		 *            should be created
		 * @return an {@link ElkObjectIntersectionOf} corresponding to the input
		 */
		public ElkObjectIntersectionOf getObjectIntersectionOf(
				ElkClassExpression first,
				ElkClassExpression second,
				ElkClassExpression... other);

		/**
		 * Create an {@link ElkObjectIntersectionOf}.
		 * 
		 * @param members
		 *            the {@link ElkClassExpression}s for which the object
		 *            should be created
		 * @return an {@link ElkObjectIntersectionOf} corresponding to the input
		 */
		public ElkObjectIntersectionOf getObjectIntersectionOf(
				List members);

	}

}