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package org.coode.owlapi.rdfxml.parser;

import org.semanticweb.owlapi.model.IRI;
import org.semanticweb.owlapi.model.OWLClassExpression;

/**
 * Give a node in an RDF graph, which represents the main node of an OWL class
 * expression, the {@code ClassExpressionTranslator} consumes the triples that
 * represent the class expression, and translates the triples to the appropriate
 * OWL API {@code OWLClassExpression} object.
 * 
 * @author Matthew Horridge, The University Of Manchester, Bio-Health
 *         Informatics Group, Date: 08-Dec-2006
 */
public interface ClassExpressionTranslator {

    /**
     * @param mainNode
     *        mainNode
     * @param mode
     *        mode
     * @return true if matches
     */
    boolean matches(IRI mainNode, Mode mode);

    /**
     * @param mainNode
     *        mainNode
     * @return true if matches strict
     */
    boolean matchesStrict(IRI mainNode);

    /**
     * @param mainNode
     *        mainNode
     * @return true if lax match
     */
    boolean matchesLax(IRI mainNode);

    /**
     * Translates the specified main node into an {@code OWLClassExpression}.
     * All triples used in the translation are consumed.
     * 
     * @param mainNode
     *        The main node of the set of triples that represent the class
     *        expression.
     * @return The class expression that represents the translation.
     */
    OWLClassExpression translate(IRI mainNode);
}