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package org.semanticweb.owlapi.model;

import java.util.List;
import java.util.Set;

import javax.annotation.Nonnull;

/**
 * Interface for an object that accepts axiom additions (tipycally, an
 * OWLOntology).
 * 
 * @author Matthew Horridge, Stanford University, Bio-Medical Informatics
 *         Research Group
 * @since 3.5
 */
public interface HasDirectAddAxioms {

    /**
     * A convenience method that adds a set of axioms to an ontology. The
     * appropriate AddAxiom change objects are automatically generated.
     * 
     * @param axioms
     *        The axioms to be added. Not {@code null}.
     * @return A list of ontology changes that represent the changes which took
     *         place in order to add the axioms.
     */
    List addAxioms(@Nonnull Set axioms);
}