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ELK consequence-based reasoning engine

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package org.semanticweb.elk.reasoner.taxonomy.model;

import java.util.Set;

import org.semanticweb.elk.owl.interfaces.ElkObject;

/**
 * A node of instances in an InstanceTaxonomy.
 * 
 * @author Frantisek Simancik
 * 
 * @param 
 *            the type of objects in this node
 * @param 
 *            the type of instances in this node
 * 
 * 
 */
public interface InstanceNode extends
		Node {
	/**
	 * Get an unmodifiable set of nodes for ElkObjects that are direct types of
	 * this Node.
	 * 
	 * @return list of nodes for direct types of this node's members
	 */
	public Set> getDirectTypeNodes();

	/**
	 * Get an unmodifiable set of nodes for ElkObjects that are (possibly
	 * indirect) types of this Node.
	 * 
	 * @return list of nodes for instances of this node's members
	 */
	public Set> getAllTypeNodes();

	public InstanceTaxonomy getTaxonomy();

}