org.semanticweb.owl.apibinding
Class OWLManager

java.lang.Object
  org.semanticweb.owl.apibinding.OWLManager

public class OWLManager
extends java.lang.Object

Author: Matthew Horridge
The University Of Manchester
Bio-Health Informatics Group
Date: 06-Dec-2006

Provides a point of convenience for creating an OWLOntologyManager with commonly required features (such as an RDF parser for example).

Constructor Summary

OWLManager()

Method Summary

static OWLOntologyManager	createOWLOntologyManager() Creates an OWL ontology manager that is configured with standard parsers, storeres etc.
static OWLOntologyManager	createOWLOntologyManager(OWLDataFactory dataFactory) Creates an OWL ontology manager that is configured with standard parsers, storeres etc.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

OWLManager

public OWLManager()

Method Detail

createOWLOntologyManager

public static OWLOntologyManager createOWLOntologyManager()

Creates an OWL ontology manager that is configured with standard parsers, storeres etc.

Returns:

The new manager.

createOWLOntologyManager

public static OWLOntologyManager createOWLOntologyManager(OWLDataFactory dataFactory)

Creates an OWL ontology manager that is configured with standard parsers, storeres etc.

Parameters:

dataFactory - The data factory that the manager should have a reference to.

Returns:

The manager.