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package org.semanticweb.elk.reasoner.saturation.conclusions.model;

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import org.semanticweb.elk.owl.interfaces.ElkSubClassOfAxiom;
import org.semanticweb.elk.reasoner.indexing.model.IndexedClassExpression;

/**
 * A {@link ClassConclusion} representing a derived subclass axiom between two
 * class expressions.

 * 
 * Notation:
 * 
 *  * [C] ⊑ D
 * 
 * 
 * It is logically equivalent to axiom {@code SubClassInclusion(C D)}

 * 
 * The parameters can be obtained as follows:

 * 
 * C = {@link #getDestination()}

 * D = {@link #getSubsumer()}

 * 
 * @author Frantisek Simancik
 * @author "Yevgeny Kazakov"
 */
public interface SubClassInclusion extends ClassConclusion {

	/**
	 * @return the {@code IndexedClassExpression} corresponding to the
	 *         super-expression of the {@link ElkSubClassOfAxiom} represented by
	 *         this {@link SubClassInclusion}
	 * 
	 * @see ElkSubClassOfAxiom#getSuperClassExpression()
	 */
	public IndexedClassExpression getSubsumer();

	public  O accept(Visitor visitor);

	/**
	 * A factory for creating instances
	 * 
	 * @author Yevgeny Kazakov
	 *
	 */
	interface Factory
			extends
				SubClassInclusionComposed.Factory,
				SubClassInclusionDecomposed.Factory {

		// combined interface

	}

	/**
	 * The visitor pattern for instances
	 * 
	 * @author Yevgeny Kazakov
	 *
	 * @param 
	 *            the type of the output
	 */
	interface Visitor
			extends
				SubClassInclusionComposed.Visitor,
				SubClassInclusionDecomposed.Visitor {

		// combined interface

	}

}