org.semanticweb.owl
Class AmalgamateSubClassAxioms

java.lang.Object
  org.semanticweb.owl.AbstractCompositeOntologyChange
      org.semanticweb.owl.AmalgamateSubClassAxioms

All Implemented Interfaces:

OWLCompositeOntologyChange

public class AmalgamateSubClassAxioms
extends AbstractCompositeOntologyChange

Author: Matthew Horridge
The University Of Manchester
Bio-Health Informatics Group
Date: 15-Aug-2007

Given a set of ontologies S, for each ontology, O, in S, this change combines multiple subclass axioms with a common left hand side into one subclass axiom. For example, given A subClassOf B, A subClassOf C, this change will remove these two axioms and replace them by adding one subclass axiom, A subClassOf (B and C).

Constructor Summary

AmalgamateSubClassAxioms(java.util.Set<OWLOntology> ontologies, OWLDataFactory dataFactory)

Method Summary

java.util.List<OWLOntologyChange>

getChanges() Gets the changes which compose this composite change.

Methods inherited from class org.semanticweb.owl.AbstractCompositeOntologyChange

getDataFactory

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

AmalgamateSubClassAxioms

public AmalgamateSubClassAxioms(java.util.Set<OWLOntology> ontologies,
                                OWLDataFactory dataFactory)

Method Detail

getChanges

public java.util.List<OWLOntologyChange> getChanges()

Description copied from interface: OWLCompositeOntologyChange

Gets the changes which compose this composite change. Once this method has been invoked, it will always return the same list of changes.

Returns:

A list of ontology changes.