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package org.coode.oppl.utils;

import org.semanticweb.owlapi.apibinding.OWLManager;
import org.semanticweb.owlapi.model.OWLClass;
import org.semanticweb.owlapi.model.OWLDataFactory;
import org.semanticweb.owlapi.model.OWLEntity;

/** Contains well known OWLObject instances that can then be used across the API.
 * 
 * @author Luigi Iannone */
public class OWLVocabulary {
    private final static OWLDataFactory dataFactory = OWLManager
            .createOWLOntologyManager().getOWLDataFactory();

    /** @return the dataFactory */
    private static OWLDataFactory getDataFactory() {
        return dataFactory;
    }

    /** @return thing */
    public static OWLClass getOWLThing() {
        return getDataFactory().getOWLThing();
    }

    /** @return nothing */
    public static OWLClass getOWLNothing() {
        return getDataFactory().getOWLNothing();
    }

    /** @return top data property */
    public static OWLEntity getOWLTopDataProperty() {
        return getDataFactory().getOWLTopDataProperty();
    }

    /** @return top object property */
    public static OWLEntity getOWLTopObjectProperty() {
        return getDataFactory().getOWLTopObjectProperty();
    }

    /** @return top datatype */
    public static OWLEntity getTopDatatype() {
        return getDataFactory().getTopDatatype();
    }
}