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/* This file is part of the OWL API.
 * The contents of this file are subject to the LGPL License, Version 3.0.
 * Copyright 2014, The University of Manchester
 * 
 * This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
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 *
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package org.semanticweb.owlapi.model;

import java.io.Serializable;
import java.util.Set;

import javax.annotation.Nonnull;

/**
 * @author Matthew Horridge, The University Of Manchester, Bio-Health Informatics Group
 * @since 2.0.0
 */
public interface OWLObject extends Comparable, Serializable, HasSignature,
    HasContainsEntityInSignature, HasAnonymousIndividuals, HasClassesInSignature,
    HasObjectPropertiesInSignature, HasDataPropertiesInSignature, HasIndividualsInSignature,
    HasDatatypesInSignature, HasAnnotationPropertiesInSignature, IsAnonymous {
    /**
     * @return true if this object is an IRI.
     */
    default boolean isIRI() {
        return false;
    }

    /**
     * @return true if this object is an individual.
     */
    default boolean isIndividual() {
        return false;
    }


    /**
     * Gets all of the nested (includes top level) class expressions (anonymous and named) that are
     * used in this object. For an ontology, this method visits the logical axioms, so entities that
     * are only declared (and possibly annotated) but do not appear in any logical axiom are not
     * returned as part of the set.
     * 
     * @return A set of {@link org.semanticweb.owlapi.model.OWLClassExpression}s that represent the
     *         nested class expressions used in this object.
     */
    @Nonnull
    Set getNestedClassExpressions();

    /**
     * Accepts a visitor
     * 
     * @param visitor The visitor
     */
    void accept(@Nonnull OWLObjectVisitor visitor);

    /**
     * Accepts a visitor
     * 
     * @param visitor The visitor
     * @param  visitor return type
     * @return visitor value
     */
    @Nonnull
     O accept(@Nonnull OWLObjectVisitorEx visitor);

    /**
     * Determines if this object is either, owl:Thing (the top class), owl:topObjectProperty (the
     * top object property) , owl:topDataProperty (the top data property) or rdfs:Literal (the top
     * datatype).
     * 
     * @return {@code true} if this object corresponds to one of the above entities.
     */
    boolean isTopEntity();

    /**
     * Determines if this object is either, owl:Nothing (the bottom class), owl:bottomObjectProperty
     * (the bottom object property) , owl:bottomDataProperty (the bottom data property).
     * 
     * @return {@code true} if this object corresponds to one of the above entities.
     */
    boolean isBottomEntity();

    @Nonnull
    @Override
    String toString();
}




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