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package org.semanticweb.owlapi.modularity;
import java.util.Set;
import javax.annotation.Nonnull;
import org.semanticweb.owlapi.model.IRI;
import org.semanticweb.owlapi.model.OWLAxiom;
import org.semanticweb.owlapi.model.OWLEntity;
import org.semanticweb.owlapi.model.OWLOntology;
import org.semanticweb.owlapi.model.OWLOntologyCreationException;
import org.semanticweb.owlapi.reasoner.OWLReasoner;
/**
* An interface for any class implementing ontology segmentation or modularisation.
*
* @author Thomas Schneider
* @author School of Computer Science
* @author University of Manchester
*/
public interface OntologySegmenter {
/**
* Returns a set of axioms that is a segment of the ontology associated with this segmenter.
* This segment is determined by the specified seed signature (set of entities).
*
* @param signature the seed signature
* @return the segment as a set of axioms
*/
@Nonnull
Set extract(@Nonnull Set signature);
/**
* Returns a set of axioms that is a segment of the ontology associated with this segmenter.
* This segment is determined by a seed signature (set of entities), which is the specified
* signature plus possibly all superclasses and/or subclasses of the classes therein.
* Sub-/superclasses are determined using the specified reasoner.
*
* @param signature the seed signature
* @param superClassLevel determines whether superclasses are added to the signature before
* segment extraction, see below for admissible values
* @param subClassLevel determines whether subclasses are added to the signature before segment
* extraction, see below for admissible values
* @param reasoner the reasoner to determine super-/subclasses
* @return the segment as a set of axioms Meaning of the value of superClassLevel,
* subClassLevel:
* Let this value be k. If k greater than 0, then all classes are included that are
* (direct or indirect) super-/subclasses of some class in signature, with a distance of
* at most k to this class in the class hierarchy computed by reasoner. If k = 0, then
* no super-/subclasses are added. If k lesser than 0, then all direct and indirect
* super-/subclasses of any class in the signature are added.
*/
@Nonnull
Set extract(@Nonnull Set signature, int superClassLevel, int subClassLevel,
@Nonnull OWLReasoner reasoner);
/**
* Returns an ontology that is a segment of the ontology associated with this segmenter.
*
* @param signature the seed signature (set of entities) for the module
* @param iri the URI for the module
* @return the module, having the specified URI
* @throws OWLOntologyCreationException if the module cannot be created
*/
@Nonnull
OWLOntology extractAsOntology(@Nonnull Set signature, @Nonnull IRI iri)
throws OWLOntologyCreationException;
/**
* Returns an ontology that is a segment of the ontology associated with this segmenter. This
* segment is determined by a seed signature (set of entities), which is the specified signature
* plus possibly all superclasses and/or subclasses of the classes therein. Sub-/superclasses
* are determined using the specified reasoner.
*
* @param signature the seed signature
* @param iri the URI for the module
* @param superClassLevel determines whether superclasses are added to the signature before
* segment extraction, see below for admissible values
* @param subClassLevel determines whether subclasses are added to the signature before segment
* extraction, see below for admissible values
* @param reasoner the reasoner to determine super-/subclasses
* @return the segment as a set of axioms
* @throws OWLOntologyCreationException if the module cannot be created Meaning of the value of
* superClassLevel, subClassLevel:
* Let this value be k. If k greater than 0, then all classes are included that are
* (direct or indirect) super-/subclasses of some class in signature, with a distance of
* at most k to this class in the class hierarchy computed by reasoner. If k = 0, then
* no super-/subclasses are added. If k lesser than 0, then all direct and indirect
* super-/subclasses of any class in the signature are added.
*/
@Nonnull
OWLOntology extractAsOntology(@Nonnull Set signature, @Nonnull IRI iri,
int superClassLevel, int subClassLevel, @Nonnull OWLReasoner reasoner)
throws OWLOntologyCreationException;
}
