org.semanticweb.owlapi.model.AsOWLNamedIndividual Maven / Gradle / Ivy
package org.semanticweb.owlapi.model;
/**
* Convert to OWLNamedIndividual interface.
*/
public interface AsOWLNamedIndividual {
/**
* A convenience method that determines if this entity is an
* OWLNamedIndividual.
*
* @return {@code true} if this entity is an OWLNamedIndividual, otherwise {@code false}
*/
default boolean isOWLNamedIndividual() {
return false;
}
/**
* A convenience method that obtains this entity as an OWLNamedIndividual
* (in order to avoid explicit casting).
*
* @return The entity as an OWLNamedIndividual.
* @throws OWLRuntimeException if this entity is not an OWLIndividual (check with the
* isOWLIndividual method first).
*/
default OWLNamedIndividual asOWLNamedIndividual() {
if (isOWLNamedIndividual()) {
return (OWLNamedIndividual) this;
}
throw new ClassCastException(getClass().getName() + "is not an OWLNamedIndividual");
}
}