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/* This file is part of the OWL API.
 * The contents of this file are subject to the LGPL License, Version 3.0.
 * Copyright 2014, The University of Manchester
 * 
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package org.semanticweb.owlapi.model;

import java.util.Set;

import javax.annotation.Nonnull;

/**
 * Represent a rule. A rule consists of a head and a body. Both the head and the
 * body consist of a conjunction of atoms.
 * 
 * @author Matthew Horridge, The University Of Manchester, Medical Informatics
 *         Group
 * @since 2.0.0
 */
public interface SWRLRule extends OWLLogicalAxiom, SWRLObject {

    /**
     * Gets the atoms in the body of the rule.
     * 
     * @return A set of {@code SWRLAtom}s, which represent the atoms in the body
     *         of the rule.
     */
    @Nonnull
    Set getBody();

    /**
     * Gets the atoms in the head of the rule.
     * 
     * @return A set of {@code SWRLAtom}s, which represent the atoms in the head
     *         of the rule
     */
    @Nonnull
    Set getHead();

    /**
     * If this rule contains atoms that have predicates that are inverse object
     * properties, then this method creates and returns a rule where the
     * arguments of these atoms are fliped over and the predicate is the inverse
     * (simplified) property.
     * 
     * @return The rule such that any atoms of the form inverseOf(p)(x, y) are
     *         transformed to p(x, y).
     */
    @Nonnull
    SWRLRule getSimplified();

    /**
     * Gets the variables that appear in this rule.
     * 
     * @return A set of variables.
     */
    @Nonnull
    Set getVariables();

    /**
     * Determines if this rule uses anonymous class expressions in class atoms.
     * 
     * @return {@code true} if this rule contains anonymous class expression in
     *         class atoms, otherwise {@code false}.
     */
    boolean containsAnonymousClassExpressions();

    /**
     * Gets the predicates of class atoms.
     * 
     * @return A set of class expressions that represent the class class
     *         expressions that are predicates of class atoms.
     */
    @Nonnull
    Set getClassAtomPredicates();

    @Nonnull
    @Override
    SWRLRule getAxiomWithoutAnnotations();
}




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