edu.uga.cs.lsdis.semdisds
Interface IOntologyManager

public interface IOntologyManager

Ontology Manager - capabilities to create ontology models

Method Summary

IOntologyModel	createOntologyModel() Creates empty ontology model
IOntologyModel	createOntologyModel(java.lang.String alias) Creates an empty ontology-model with a user-specified alias
IOntologyModel	getOntologyByAlias(java.lang.String alias) Returns a previously loaded ontology-model with indicated alias
IOntologyModel	loadOntologyModel(java.lang.String aLocation) Loads ontology model from the specified location
IOntologyModel	loadOntologyModel(java.lang.String[] aLocations) Loads ontology model from different locations
IOntologyModel	loadOntologyModel(java.lang.String[] aLocations, java.lang.String alias) Loads ontology model from different locations, and assigns an alias to the model
IOntologyModel	loadOntologyModel(java.lang.String aLocation, java.lang.String alias) Loads an ontology-model from a location, and assigns an alias to it
void	removeOntology(IOntologyModel aModel) Removes the specified model from this ontology-manager
void	removeOntologyByAlias(java.lang.String alias) Removes the indicated model (by alias) from this ontology-manager
boolean	saveOntologyModel(IOntologyModel aModel, java.lang.String aLocation) Saves/Writes the ontology model

Method Detail

createOntologyModel

IOntologyModel createOntologyModel()

Creates empty ontology model

Returns:

empty ontology model

loadOntologyModel

IOntologyModel loadOntologyModel(java.lang.String aLocation)

Loads ontology model from the specified location

Parameters:

aLocation - Location (file/URI) of ontology to load

Returns:

an ontology-model populated with the specified ontology location

saveOntologyModel

boolean saveOntologyModel(IOntologyModel aModel,
                          java.lang.String aLocation)

Saves/Writes the ontology model

Parameters:

aModel - the ontology model

aLocation - Location to save the model

Returns:

an ontology-model populated with the specified ontology locations

loadOntologyModel

IOntologyModel loadOntologyModel(java.lang.String[] aLocations)

Loads ontology model from different locations

Parameters:

aLocations - array of locations to load ontology model from

Returns:

an ontology-model populated with the specified ontology locations

createOntologyModel

IOntologyModel createOntologyModel(java.lang.String alias)

Creates an empty ontology-model with a user-specified alias

Parameters:

alias - alias assigned to the ontology-model

Returns:

an empty ontology-model

loadOntologyModel

IOntologyModel loadOntologyModel(java.lang.String aLocation,
                                 java.lang.String alias)

Loads an ontology-model from a location, and assigns an alias to it

Parameters:

aLocation - Location (file/URI) of ontology to load

alias - alias assigned to the ontology-model

Returns:

an ontology-model populated with the specified ontology location

loadOntologyModel

IOntologyModel loadOntologyModel(java.lang.String[] aLocations,
                                 java.lang.String alias)

Loads ontology model from different locations, and assigns an alias to the model

Parameters:

aLocations - array of locations to load ontology model from

alias - alias assigned to the ontology-model

Returns:

an ontology-model populated with the specified ontology locations

getOntologyByAlias

IOntologyModel getOntologyByAlias(java.lang.String alias)

Returns a previously loaded ontology-model with indicated alias

Parameters:

alias - alias assigned to the ontology-model

Returns:

the ontology-model with given alias; null if not found

removeOntology

void removeOntology(IOntologyModel aModel)

Removes the specified model from this ontology-manager

Parameters:

aModel - the ontology-model to remove

removeOntologyByAlias

void removeOntologyByAlias(java.lang.String alias)

Removes the indicated model (by alias) from this ontology-manager

Parameters:

alias - alias assigned to the ontology-model