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package org.semanticweb.owlapi.model;

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

import javax.annotation.Nonnull;
import javax.annotation.Nullable;

import org.semanticweb.owlapi.util.StringComparator;

/**
 * A prefix manager than can provide prefixes for prefix names.
 * 
 * @author Matthew Horridge, The University Of Manchester, Information Management Group
 * @since 2.2.0
 */
public interface PrefixManager extends Serializable {

    /**
     * @return the prefix comparator currently used by the prefix manager
     */
    @Nonnull
    StringComparator getPrefixComparator();

    /**
     * @param comparator the comparator to use
     */
    void setPrefixComparator(@Nonnull StringComparator comparator);

    /**
     * Gets the default prefix. The default prefix is denoted by the prefix name ":"
     * 
     * @return The default prefix, or {@code null} if there is no default prefix.
     */
    @Nullable
    String getDefaultPrefix();

    /**
     * Determines if this manager knows about a given prefix name and it contains a (non-null)
     * mapping for the prefix.
     * 
     * @param prefixName The prefix name to be tested for.
     * @return {@code true} if the manager knows about this prefix and there is a non-null mapping
     *         for this prefix.
     */
    boolean containsPrefixMapping(@Nonnull String prefixName);

    /**
     * Gets the prefix that is bound to a particular prefix name. Note that specifying ":"
     * corresponds to requesting the default prefix and will return the same result as a call to the
     * {@code getDefaultPrefix()} method.
     * 
     * @param prefixName The prefix name. A string that represents a prefix name of the prefix to be
     *        retrieved. Note that specifying ":" is the same as asking for the default prefix (see
     *        the getDefaultPrefix() method).
     * @return The prefix, or {@code null} if there is no prefix name bound to this prefix, or the
     *         prefix name doesn't exist.
     */
    @Nullable
    String getPrefix(@Nonnull String prefixName);

    /**
     * Gets a map that maps prefix names to prefixes.
     * 
     * @return The map of prefix names to prefixes. Note that modifying the contents of this map
     *         will not change the prefix name - prefix mappings
     */
    @Nonnull
    Map getPrefixName2PrefixMap();

    /**
     * Gets the URI for a given prefix IRI. The prefix IRI must have a prefix name that is
     * registered with this manager, or a runtime exception will be thrown.
     * 
     * @param prefixIRI The Prefix IRI
     * @return The full IRI.
     * @throws OWLRuntimeException if the prefix name of the prefix IRI doesn't have a corresponding
     *         prefix managed by this manager.
     */
    @Nonnull
    IRI getIRI(@Nonnull String prefixIRI);

    /**
     * Gets the prefix IRI given a IRI (URI).
     * 
     * @param iri The IRI whose prefix it to be retrieved
     * @return The prefix IRI for this IRI, or {@code null} if a prefix IRI cannot be generated.
     */
    @Nullable
    String getPrefixIRI(@Nonnull IRI iri);

    /**
     * Gets the prefix IRI given a IRI (URI). Does not restrict the response to be a QName
     * 
     * @param iri The IRI whose prefix it to be retrieved
     * @return The prefix IRI for this IRI, or {@code null} if a prefix IRI cannot be generated.
     */
    @Nullable
    String getPrefixIRIIgnoreQName(@Nonnull IRI iri);

    /**
     * Gets the prefix names that have a mapping in this prefix manager.
     * 
     * @return The prefix names as a set of strings.
     */
    @Nonnull
    Set getPrefixNames();

    /**
     * Sets the default namespace. This will also bind the prefix name ":" to this prefix
     * 
     * @param defaultPrefix The namespace to be used as the default namespace. Note that the value
     *        may be {@code null} in order to clear the default namespace.
     */
    void setDefaultPrefix(@Nullable String defaultPrefix);

    /**
     * Adds a prefix name to prefix mapping
     * 
     * @param prefixName name The prefix name (must end with a colon)
     * @param prefix The prefix.
     */
    void setPrefix(@Nonnull String prefixName, @Nonnull String prefix);

    /**
     * Copies the prefix from another prefix manager into this one
     * 
     * @param from The manager that the prefixes should be copied from
     */
    void copyPrefixesFrom(@Nonnull PrefixManager from);

    /**
     * Copies the prefix from another prefix manager into this one
     * 
     * @param from The map containing the prefixes
     */
    void copyPrefixesFrom(@Nonnull Map from);

    /**
     * Removes a previously registered prefix namespace mapping
     * 
     * @param namespace The namespace to be removed.
     */
    void unregisterNamespace(@Nonnull String namespace);

    /** clear the map */
    void clear();
}




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