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package org.semanticweb.owlapi.reasoner;
/**
* A fresh entity is an entity that is not a built in entity (see
* {@link org.semanticweb.owlapi.model.OWLEntity#isBuiltIn()} and is not
* contained within the signature of the root ontology imports closure.
*
* @author Matthew Horridge, The University of Manchester, Information Management Group
* @see org.semanticweb.owlapi.reasoner.OWLReasonerConfiguration
* @since 3.0.0
*/
public enum FreshEntityPolicy {
/**
* Specifies that fresh entities are allowed when they are encountered in
* the signature of OWLObjects in queries to a reasoner.
*/
ALLOW,
/**
* Specifies that fresh entities are not disallowed. When a fresh entity is
* encountered in the signature of an OWLObject that is used in a query to a
* reasoner an {@link FreshEntitiesException} will be thrown in the calling
* thread.
*/
DISALLOW
}