org.apache.stanbol.ontologymanager.servicesapi

Interface NamedArtifact

All Known Subinterfaces:

CoreOntologySpace, CustomOntologySpace, NamedArtifact, OntologyCollector, OntologyCollector, OntologyScope, OntologyScopeFactory, OntologySpace, OntologySpace, OntologySpaceFactory, Scope, Session, Session, SessionManager, SessionManager

public interface NamedArtifact

Denotes any API artifact that has an identifier. Both the identifier and the concatenation of the namespace with the identifier should be unique in the system. Having both a non-null namespace and ID is optional, but at least one of them should be non-null.

Author:

alexdma

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
org.semanticweb.owlapi.model.IRI	getDefaultNamespace() Returns the namespace that should prefix the ID of this resource and all the resources managed thereby.
String	getID() Returns a string (assumed to be unique in the system) that identifies this resource.
org.semanticweb.owlapi.model.IRI	getNamespace() Deprecated. use getDefaultNamespace() instead.
void	setDefaultNamespace(org.semanticweb.owlapi.model.IRI namespace) Sets the namespace that should prefix the ID of this resource and all the resources managed thereby.
void	setNamespace(org.semanticweb.owlapi.model.IRI namespace) Deprecated. use setDefaultNamespace(IRI) instead.

Method Detail

getDefaultNamespace

org.semanticweb.owlapi.model.IRI getDefaultNamespace()

Returns the namespace that should prefix the ID of this resource and all the resources managed thereby. This is also used by ontology collectors to dynamically generate import statements.

Returns:

the default namespace for this resources.

getID

String getID()

Returns a string (assumed to be unique in the system) that identifies this resource. For instance, a parent IRI of the base IRIs for the ontologies within an ontology space. Naming schemes are implementation-dependent.

Note that in general a named resource is not aware of its uniqueness. It is not even implied that objects of different types cannot have the same ID. These aspects should be ensured by registries, indexers etc.

XXX check if a type other than String (e.g. URI, IRI, UriRef) should be used.

Returns:

an identifier for this resource.

getNamespace

org.semanticweb.owlapi.model.IRI getNamespace()

Deprecated. use getDefaultNamespace() instead.

Returns:

setDefaultNamespace

void setDefaultNamespace(org.semanticweb.owlapi.model.IRI namespace)

Sets the namespace that should prefix the ID of this resource and all the resources managed thereby. This is also used by ontology collectors to dynamically generate import statements.

Parameters:

namespace - the new default namespace for this resources.

setNamespace

void setNamespace(org.semanticweb.owlapi.model.IRI namespace)

Deprecated. use setDefaultNamespace(IRI) instead.

Parameters:

namespace -