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package org.semanticweb.owlapi.model;
import static org.semanticweb.owlapi.util.OWLAPIPreconditions.checkNotNull;
import java.io.Serializable;
import java.util.Set;
import javax.annotation.Nonnull;
import org.semanticweb.owlapi.change.OWLOntologyChangeData;
import org.semanticweb.owlapi.change.OWLOntologyChangeRecord;
/**
* @author Matthew Horridge, The University Of Manchester, Bio-Health
* Informatics Group
* @since 2.0.0
*/
public abstract class OWLOntologyChange implements HasSignature, Serializable {
private static final long serialVersionUID = 40000L;
@Nonnull
private final OWLOntology ont;
/**
* @param ont
* the ontology to which the change is to be applied
*/
public OWLOntologyChange(@Nonnull OWLOntology ont) {
this.ont = checkNotNull(ont, "ontology must not be null");
}
/**
* Determines if the change will cause the addition or removal of an axiom
* from an ontology.
*
* @return {@code true} if the change is an {@code OWLAddAxiomChange} or
* {@code OWLRemoveAxiomChange} otherwise {@code false}.
*/
public abstract boolean isAxiomChange();
/**
* Determines if the change will add an axiom to an ontology.
*
* @return {@code true} if the change is an AddAxiom change and it will add
* an axiom to an ontology, {@code false} otherwise.
*/
public abstract boolean isAddAxiom();
/**
* Determines if the change will remove an axiom from an ontology.
*
* @return {@code true} if the change is a RemoveAxiom change and it will
* remove an axiom from an ontology, {@code false} otherwise.
*/
public boolean isRemoveAxiom() {
return isAxiomChange() && !isAddAxiom();
}
/**
* If the change is an axiom change (i.e. AddAxiom or RemoveAxiom) this
* method obtains the axiom.
*
* @return The Axiom if this change is an axiom change
* @throws IllegalStateException
* if the change has no axiom; UnsupportedOperationException If the
* change is not an axiom change (check with the
* {@code isAxiomChange} method first).
*/
@Nonnull
public abstract OWLAxiom getAxiom();
/**
* Determines if this change is an import change and hence causes a change
* to the imports closure of an ontology.
*
* @return {@code true} if this change is an import change, otherwise
* {@code false}.
*/
public abstract boolean isImportChange();
/**
* Gets the ontology that the change is/was applied to.
*
* @return The ontology that the change is applicable to
*/
@Nonnull
public OWLOntology getOntology() {
return ont;
}
/**
* Gets the data (independent of the ontology) associated with this specific
* change.
*
* @return The {@link OWLOntologyChangeData} associated with this
* {@code OWLOntologyChange}.
*/
@Nonnull
public abstract OWLOntologyChangeData getChangeData();
/**
* Gets a {@link OWLOntologyChangeRecord} that is derived from this
* {@code OWLOntologyChange}'s {@link OWLOntologyID} and it's
* {@link OWLOntologyChangeData}.
*
* @return An {@link OWLOntologyChangeRecord} containing an
* {@link OWLOntologyID} equal to the {@link OWLOntologyID} of this
* {@code OWLOntologyChange}'s {@link OWLOntology}. Not {@code null}
* .
*/
@Nonnull
public OWLOntologyChangeRecord getChangeRecord() {
return new OWLOntologyChangeRecord(ont.getOntologyID(), getChangeData());
}
/**
* Gets the signature of this ontology change. That is, the set of entities
* appearing in objects in this change.
*
* @return A set of entities that correspond to the signature of this
* object. The set is a copy, changes are not reflected back.
*/
@Override
@Nonnull
public abstract Set getSignature();
/**
* Accepts a visitor
*
* @param visitor
* The visitor
*/
public abstract void accept(@Nonnull OWLOntologyChangeVisitor visitor);
/**
* Accepts a visitor
*
* @param visitor
* The visitor
* @param
* visitor return type
* @return visitor value
*/
@Nonnull
public abstract O
accept(@Nonnull OWLOntologyChangeVisitorEx visitor);
}