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package org.semanticweb.owlapi.reasoner;
/**
* The policy of how a reasoner will return {@code NodeSet}s of individuals for
* queries that return node sets of named individuals such as
* {@link org.semanticweb.owlapi.reasoner.OWLReasoner#getTypes(org.semanticweb.owlapi.model.OWLNamedIndividual, boolean)}
* or
* {@link org.semanticweb.owlapi.reasoner.OWLReasoner#getInstances(org.semanticweb.owlapi.model.OWLClassExpression, boolean)}
* .
*
* @author Matthew Horridge, The University of Manchester, Information
* Management Group
* @since 3.0.0
*/
public enum IndividualNodeSetPolicy {
/**
* Indicates that {@code NodeSet}s of named individuals returned by the
* reasoner will contain {@code Node}s that group individuals which are
* entailed to be the same as each other. For example, if {@code i},
* {@code j} and {@code k} are individuals, and they are instances of
* {@code C}, and {@code i} is entailed to be the same as {@code j} then
* asking for the instances of {@code A} will return a {@code NodeSet}
* containing two {@code Node}s, one containing {@code i} and {@code j} and
* the other containing {@code k}.
*/
BY_SAME_AS,
/**
* Indicates that {@code NodeSet}s of named individuals will always contain
* singleton {@code Node}s and individuals that are the same as each other
* will not be grouped together in one {@code Node} within the
* {@code NodeSet}.For example, if {@code i}, {@code j} and {@code k} are
* individuals, and they are instances of {@code C}, and {@code i} is
* entailed to be the same as {@code j} then asking for the instances of
* {@code A} will return a {@code NodeSet} containing three
* {@code Node}s, one containing {@code i}, one containing {@code j} and the
* third containing {@code k}.
*/
BY_NAME,
}