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package org.semanticweb.owlapi.io;
import java.io.InputStream;
import java.io.Reader;
import javax.annotation.Nonnull;
import javax.annotation.Nullable;
import org.semanticweb.owlapi.model.IRI;
import org.semanticweb.owlapi.model.OWLDocumentFormat;
/**
* A document source provides a point for loading an ontology. A document source
* may provide three ways of obtaining an ontology document:
*
* - From a {@link java.io.Reader}
*
- From an {@link java.io.InputStream}
*
- From an ontology document {@link org.semanticweb.owlapi.model.IRI}
*
* Consumers that use a document source will attempt to obtain a concrete
* representation of an ontology in the above order.
* Note that while an ontology document source may appear similar to a SAX input
* source, an important difference is that the getReader and getInputStream
* methods return new instances each time the method is called. This allows
* multiple attempts at loading an ontology.
*
* @author Matthew Horridge, The University Of Manchester, Bio-Health
* Informatics Group
* @since 2.0.0
*/
public interface OWLOntologyDocumentSource {
/**
* Determines if a reader is available which an ontology document can be
* parsed from.
*
* @return {@code true} if a reader can be obtained from this document
* source, or {@code false} if a reader cannot be obtained from this
* document source.
*/
boolean isReaderAvailable();
/**
* Gets a reader which an ontology document can be read from. This method
* may be called multiple times. Each invocation will return a new
* {@code Reader}. This method should not be called if the
* {@code isReaderAvailable} method returns false. A {@code Runtime}
* execption will be thrown if this happens.
*
* @return A new {@code Reader} which the ontology can be read from.
*/
@Nonnull
Reader getReader();
/**
* Determines if an input stream is available which an ontology document can
* be parsed from.
*
* @return {@code true} if an input stream can be obtained, {@code false} if
* an input stream cannot be obtained from this document source.
*/
boolean isInputStreamAvailable();
/**
* If an input stream can be obtained from this document source then this
* method creates it. This method may be called multiple times. Each
* invocation will return a new input stream. This method should not be
* called if the {@code isInputStreamAvailable} method returns {@code false}
* .
*
* @return A new input stream which the ontology can be read from.
*/
@Nonnull
InputStream getInputStream();
/**
* Gets the IRI of the ontology document.
*
* @return An IRI which represents the ontology document IRI
*/
@Nonnull
IRI getDocumentIRI();
/** @return format for the ontology, if known, null otherwise */
@Nullable
OWLDocumentFormat getFormat();
/** @return true if the format is known */
boolean isFormatKnown();
/** @return MIME type for this source, if one is specified. */
String getMIMEType();
/** @return true if the MIME type for this source is known */
boolean isMIMETypeKnown();
}