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package uk.ac.manchester.cs.owl.owlapi;

import java.io.Serializable;

import javax.annotation.Nonnull;
import javax.annotation.Nullable;

import org.semanticweb.owlapi.model.IRI;
import org.semanticweb.owlapi.model.OWLAnnotationProperty;
import org.semanticweb.owlapi.model.OWLClass;
import org.semanticweb.owlapi.model.OWLDataProperty;
import org.semanticweb.owlapi.model.OWLDatatype;
import org.semanticweb.owlapi.model.OWLLiteral;
import org.semanticweb.owlapi.model.OWLNamedIndividual;
import org.semanticweb.owlapi.model.OWLObjectProperty;

/**
 * @author ignazio Mutable state in an OWLDataFactory is encapsulated by this
 *         interface
 */
public interface OWLDataFactoryInternals extends Serializable {

    /**
     * @param iri
     *        new class IRI
     * @return a new OWLClass object, or a cached one depending on policies
     */
    @Nonnull
    OWLClass getOWLClass(@Nonnull IRI iri);

    /** purge any caches. */
    void purge();

    /**
     * @param iri
     *        new object property IRI
     * @return a new OWLObjectProperty object, or a cached one depending on
     *         policies
     */
    @Nonnull
    OWLObjectProperty getOWLObjectProperty(@Nonnull IRI iri);

    /**
     * @param iri
     *        new OWLDataProperty IRI
     * @return a new OWLDataProperty object, or a cached one depending on
     *         policies
     */
    @Nonnull
    OWLDataProperty getOWLDataProperty(@Nonnull IRI iri);

    /**
     * @param iri
     *        new OWLNamedIndividual IRI
     * @return a new OWLNamedIndividual object, or a cached one depending on
     *         policies
     */
    @Nonnull
    OWLNamedIndividual getOWLNamedIndividual(@Nonnull IRI iri);

    /**
     * @param iri
     *        new OWLDatatype IRI
     * @return a new OWLDatatype object, or a cached one depending on policies
     */
    @Nonnull
    OWLDatatype getOWLDatatype(@Nonnull IRI iri);

    /**
     * @param iri
     *        new OWLAnnotationProperty IRI
     * @return a new OWLAnnotationProperty object, or a cached one depending on
     *         policies
     */
    @Nonnull
    OWLAnnotationProperty getOWLAnnotationProperty(@Nonnull IRI iri);

    /**
     * @param lexicalValue
     *        literal value for literal
     * @param datatype
     *        datatype for literal
     * @return new literal
     */
    @Nonnull
    OWLLiteral getOWLLiteral(@Nonnull String lexicalValue,
            @Nonnull OWLDatatype datatype);

    /**
     * @param value
     *        int value for literal
     * @return new literal
     */
    @Nonnull
    OWLLiteral getOWLLiteral(int value);

    /**
     * @param value
     *        boolean value for literal
     * @return new literal
     */
    @Nonnull
    OWLLiteral getOWLLiteral(boolean value);

    /**
     * @param value
     *        double value for literal
     * @return new literal
     */
    @Nonnull
    OWLLiteral getOWLLiteral(double value);

    /**
     * @param value
     *        float value for literal
     * @return new literal
     */
    @Nonnull
    OWLLiteral getOWLLiteral(float value);

    /**
     * @param value
     *        literal form
     * @return new literal
     */
    @Nonnull
    OWLLiteral getOWLLiteral(@Nonnull String value);

    /**
     * @param literal
     *        literal form
     * @param lang
     *        language tag, can be null
     * @return new literal
     */
    @Nonnull
    OWLLiteral getOWLLiteral(@Nonnull String literal, @Nullable String lang);

    /** @return top datatype */
    @Nonnull
    OWLDatatype getTopDatatype();

    /** @return integer datatype */
    @Nonnull
    OWLDatatype getIntegerOWLDatatype();

    /** @return float datatype */
    @Nonnull
    OWLDatatype getFloatOWLDatatype();

    /** @return double datatype */
    @Nonnull
    OWLDatatype getDoubleOWLDatatype();

    /** @return boolean datatype */
    @Nonnull
    OWLDatatype getBooleanOWLDatatype();

    /** @return plain literal datatype */
    @Nonnull
    OWLDatatype getRDFPlainLiteral();
}