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/**
* @author Markus Kroetzsch, Aug 8, 2011
*/
package org.semanticweb.elk.owl.interfaces;
import org.semanticweb.elk.owl.visitors.ElkSubClassOfAxiomVisitor;
/**
* Corresponds to a
* Subclass
* Axiom in the OWL 2 specification.
*
* @author Markus Kroetzsch
*/
public interface ElkSubClassOfAxiom extends ElkClassAxiom {
/**
* Get the sub class expression of this axiom.
*
* @return sub class expression
*/
public ElkClassExpression getSubClassExpression();
/**
* Get the super class expression of this axiom.
*
* @return super class expression
*/
public ElkClassExpression getSuperClassExpression();
/**
* Accept an {@link ElkSubClassOfAxiomVisitor}.
*
* @param visitor
* the visitor that can work with this axiom type
* @param
* the type of the output of the visitor
* @return the output of the visitor
*/
public abstract O accept(ElkSubClassOfAxiomVisitor visitor);
/**
* A factory for creating instances
*
* @author Yevgeny Kazakov
*
*/
interface Factory {
/**
* Create an {@link ElkSubClassOfAxiom}.
*
* @param subClassExpression
* the {@link ElkClassExpression} for which the axiom should
* be created
* @param superClassExpression
* the {@link ElkClassExpression} for which the axiom should
* be created
* @return an {@link ElkSubClassOfAxiom} corresponding to the input
*/
public ElkSubClassOfAxiom getSubClassOfAxiom(
ElkClassExpression subClassExpression,
ElkClassExpression superClassExpression);
}
}