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package org.semanticweb.owlapi.model;
import java.util.List;
import java.util.Set;
/**
* @author Matthew Horridge, The University Of Manchester, Bio-Health Informatics
* Group Date: 24-Oct-2006
*/
public interface OWLNaryClassAxiom extends OWLClassAxiom, OWLNaryAxiom,
OWLSubClassOfAxiomSetShortCut {
/**
* Gets all of the top level class expressions that appear in this axiom.
*
* @return A {@code Set} of class expressions that appear in the axiom.
*/
Set getClassExpressions();
/**
* A convenience method that obtains the class expression returned by the
* {@link #getClassExpressions()} method as a list of class expressions.
*
* @return A list of the class expressions in this axiom.
*/
List getClassExpressionsAsList();
/**
* Determines if this class axiom contains the specified class expression as
* an operand
*
* @param ce
* The class expression to test for
* @return {@code true} if this axiom contains the specified class
* expression as an operand, otherwise {@code false}.
*/
boolean contains(OWLClassExpression ce);
/**
* Gets the set of class expressions that appear in this axiom minus the
* specfied class expressions.
*
* @param desc
* The class expressions to subtract from the class expressions in
* this axiom
* @return A set containing all of the class expressions in this axiom (the
* class expressions returned by getClassExpressions()) minus the
* specified list of class expressions
*/
Set
getClassExpressionsMinus(OWLClassExpression... desc);
}