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package org.semanticweb.owlapi.model;
/**
* A high level interface to describe different types of data properties.
*
* @author Matthew Horridge, The University Of Manchester, Bio-Health
* Informatics Group Date: 24-Oct-2006
*/
public interface OWLDataPropertyExpression extends
OWLPropertyExpression,
SWRLPredicate {
/**
* If the property is a named data property then this method will obtain the
* property as such. The general pattern of use is that the
* {@code isAnonymous} method should first be used to determine if the
* property is named (i.e. not an object property expression such as
* inv(p)). If the property is named then this method may be used to obtain
* the property as a named property without casting.
*
* @return The property as an {@code OWLDataProperty} if possible.
* @throws OWLRuntimeException
* if the property is not a named property.
*/
OWLDataProperty asOWLDataProperty();
}