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