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package org.semanticweb.owlapi.model;
import javax.annotation.Nonnull;
import org.semanticweb.owlapi.model.parameters.ChangeApplied;
/**
* @author Matthew Horridge, Stanford University, Bio-Medical Informatics
* Research Group
* @since 3.5
*/
public interface HasApplyChange {
/**
* A convenience method that applies just one change to an ontology that is
* managed by this manager.
*
* @param change
* The change to be applied
* @return ChangeApplied.SUCCESSFULLY if the change is applied with success,
* ChangeApplied.UNSUCCESSFULLY otherwise.
* @throws OWLOntologyChangeException
* If the change could not be applied. See subclasses of ontology
* change exception for more specific details.
* @throws OWLOntologyRenameException
* If one or more of the changes is an instance of
* {@link org.semanticweb.owlapi.model.SetOntologyID} where the new
* {@link org.semanticweb.owlapi.model.OWLOntologyID} already
* belongs to an ontology managed by this manager.
*/
@Nonnull
ChangeApplied applyChange(@Nonnull OWLOntologyChange change);
}