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package org.semanticweb.owlapi.util;

import java.util.Set;

import javax.annotation.Nonnull;

import org.semanticweb.owlapi.model.OWLAxiom;
import org.semanticweb.owlapi.model.OWLDataFactory;
import org.semanticweb.owlapi.reasoner.OWLReasoner;

/**
 * Given a reasoner, implementations of this interface generate axioms that
 * represent inferred information. For example, an implementation might generate
 * the necessary subclass axioms that represent the inferred class subsumption
 * hierarchy within the reasoner. It is assumed that axioms generated reflect
 * the inferences drawn from the ontologies which were loaded into the reasoner.
 * 
 * @author Matthew Horridge, The University Of Manchester, Bio-Health
 *         Informatics Group
 * @since 2.1.0
 * @param 
 *        the axiom type
 */
public interface InferredAxiomGenerator {

    /**
     * @param df
     *        data factory
     * @param reasoner
     *        the reasoner to use
     * @return the set of axioms generated
     */
    @Nonnull
    Set createAxioms(@Nonnull OWLDataFactory df,
            @Nonnull OWLReasoner reasoner);

    /** @return the label */
    @Nonnull
    String getLabel();
}