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package org.semanticweb.owlapi.model;
import java.util.Set;
import javax.annotation.Nonnull;
/**
* Represents Class
* Expressions in the OWL 2 specification. This interface covers named and
* anonymous classes.
*
* @author Matthew Horridge The University Of Manchester Bio-Health Informatics
* Group
* @since 2.0.0
*/
public interface OWLClassExpression extends OWLObject, OWLPropertyRange,
SWRLPredicate {
/**
* Gets the class expression type for this class expression
*
* @return The class expression type
*/
@Nonnull
ClassExpressionType getClassExpressionType();
/**
* Determines whether or not this expression represents an anonymous class
* expression.
*
* @return {@code true} if this is an anonymous class expression, or
* {@code false} if this is a named class ( {@code OWLClass})
*/
boolean isAnonymous();
/**
* Determines if this class is a literal. A literal being either a named
* class or the negation of a named class (i.e. A or not(A)).
*
* @return {@code true} if this is a literal, or false if this is not a
* literal.
*/
boolean isClassExpressionLiteral();
/**
* If this class expression is in fact a named class then this method may be
* used to obtain the expression as an {@code OWLClass} without the need for
* casting. The general pattern of use is to use the {@code isAnonymous} to
* first check
*
* @return This class expression as an {@code OWLClass}.
* @throws OWLRuntimeException
* if this class expression is not an {@code OWLClass}.
*/
@Nonnull
OWLClass asOWLClass();
/**
* Determines if this expression is the built in class owl:Thing. This
* method does not determine if the class is equivalent to owl:Thing.
*
* @return {@code true} if this expression is owl:Thing, or {@code false} if
* this expression is not owl:Thing
*/
boolean isOWLThing();
/**
* Determines if this expression is the built in class owl:Nothing. This
* method does not determine if the class is equivalent to owl:Nothing.
*
* @return {@code true} if this expression is owl:Nothing, or {@code false}
* if this expression is not owl:Nothing.
*/
boolean isOWLNothing();
/**
* Gets this expression in negation normal form.
*
* @return The expression in negation normal form.
*/
@Nonnull
OWLClassExpression getNNF();
/**
* Gets the negation normal form of the complement of this expression.
*
* @return A expression that represents the NNF of the complement of this
* expression.
*/
@Nonnull
OWLClassExpression getComplementNNF();
/**
* Gets the object complement of this class expression.
*
* @return A class expression that is the complement of this class
* expression.
*/
@Nonnull
OWLClassExpression getObjectComplementOf();
/**
* Interprets this expression as a conjunction and returns the conjuncts.
* This method does not normalise the expression (full CNF is not computed).
*
* @return The conjucts of this expression if it is a conjunction (object
* intersection of), or otherwise a singleton set containing this
* expression. Note that nested conjunctions will be flattened, for
* example, calling this method on (A and B) and C will return the
* set {A, B, C}
*/
@Nonnull
Set asConjunctSet();
/**
* Determines if this class expression contains a particular conjunct. This
* method does not do any normalisation such as applying DeMorgans rules.
*
* @param ce
* The conjunct to test for
* @return {@code true} if this class expression is equal to {@code ce} or
* if this class expression is an {@code ObjectIntersectionOf}
* (possibly nested withing another {@code ObjectIntersectionOf})
* that contains {@code ce}, otherwise {@code false}.
*/
boolean containsConjunct(@Nonnull OWLClassExpression ce);
/**
* Interprets this expression as a disjunction and returns the disjuncts.
* This method does not normalise the expression (full DNF is not computed).
*
* @return The disjuncts of this expression if it is a disjunction (object
* union of), or otherwise a singleton set containing this
* expression. Note that nested disjunctions will be flattened, for
* example, calling this method on (A or B) or C will return the set
* {A, B, C}
*/
@Nonnull
Set asDisjunctSet();
/**
* Accepts a visit from an {@code OWLExpressionVisitor}
*
* @param visitor
* The visitor that wants to visit
*/
void accept(@Nonnull OWLClassExpressionVisitor visitor);
/**
* @param visitor
* visitor
* @param
* visitor return type
* @return visitor return value
*/
@Nonnull
O accept(@Nonnull OWLClassExpressionVisitorEx visitor);
}