individual.java

jena2.5.4推理机系统的一种最基本实现 HP实验室出品

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 * Original author    Ian Dickinson, HP Labs Bristol
 * Author email       [e-mail]
 * Package            Jena 2
 * Web                http://sourceforge.net/projects/jena/
 * Created            10 Feb 2003
 * Filename           $RCSfile: Individual.java,v $
 * Revision           $Revision: 1.14 $
 * Release status     $State: Exp $
 *
 * Last modified on   $Date: 2007/01/02 11:48:48 $
 *               by   $Author: andy_seaborne $
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// Package
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package com.hp.hpl.jena.ontology;




// Imports
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import com.hp.hpl.jena.rdf.model.*;
import com.hp.hpl.jena.util.iterator.ExtendedIterator;


/**
 * <p>
 * Interface that encapsulates an <i>individual</i> in an ontology, sometimes
 * referred to as a fact or assertion, or a member of the <i>a-box</i>. In order
 * to be recognised as an individual, rather than a generic resource,
 * at least one <code>rdf:type</code> statement, referring to a known class,
 * must  be present in the model.
 * </p>
 *
 * @author Ian Dickinson, HP Labs
 *         (<a  href="mailto:[e-mail]" >email</a>)
 * @version CVS $Id: Individual.java,v 1.14 2007/01/02 11:48:48 andy_seaborne Exp $
 */
public interface Individual
    extends OntResource
{
    // Constants
    //////////////////////////////////


    // External signature methods
    //////////////////////////////////

    /**
     * <p>Assert equivalence between the given individual and this individual. Any existing 
     * statements for <code>sameIndividualAs</code> will be removed.</p>
     * <p>Note that <code>sameAs</code> and <code>sameIndividualAs</code> are aliases.</p>
     * @param res The resource that declared to be the same as this individual
     * @exception OntProfileException If the sameIndividualAs property is not supported in the current language profile.   
     * @deprecated WebOnt have removed <code>owl:sameIndividualAs</code>. Use {@link OntResource#setSameAs} instead.
     */ 
    public void setSameIndividualAs( Resource res );

    /**
     * <p>Add an individual that is declared to be equivalent to this individual.</p>
     * <p>Note that <code>sameAs</code> and <code>sameIndividualAs</code> are aliases.</p>
     * @param res A resource that declared to be the same as this individual
     * @exception OntProfileException If the sameIndividualAs property is not supported in the current language profile.   
     * @deprecated WebOnt have removed <code>owl:sameIndividualAs</code>. Use {@link OntResource#addSameAs} instead.
     */ 
    public void addSameIndividualAs( Resource res );

    /**
     * <p>Answer a resource that is declared to be the same as this individual. If there are
     * more than one such resource, an arbitrary selection is made.</p>
     * <p>Note that <code>sameAs</code> and <code>sameIndividualAs</code> are aliases.</p>
     * @return res An ont resource that declared to be the same as this individual
     * @exception OntProfileException If the sameIndividualAs property is not supported in the current language profile.   
     * @deprecated WebOnt have removed <code>owl:sameIndividualAs</code>. Use {@link OntResource#getSameAs} instead.
     */ 
    public OntResource getSameIndividualAs();

    /**
     * <p>Answer an iterator over all of the resources that are declared to be equivalent to
     * this individual. Each elemeent of the iterator will be an {@link OntResource}.</p>
     * <p>Note that <code>sameAs</code> and <code>sameIndividualAs</code> are aliases.</p>
     * @return An iterator over the resources equivalent to this individual.
     * @exception OntProfileException If the sameIndividualAs property is not supported in the current language profile.   
     * @deprecated WebOnt have removed <code>owl:sameIndividualAs</code>. Use {@link OntResource#listSameAs} instead.
     */ 
    public ExtendedIterator listSameIndividualAs();

    /**
     * <p>Answer true if this individual is the same as the given resource.</p>
     * @param res A resource to test against
     * @return True if the resources are declared the same via a <code>sameIndividualAs</code> statement.
     * @deprecated WebOnt have removed <code>owl:sameIndividualAs</code>. Use {@link OntResource#isSameAs} instead.
     */
    public boolean isSameIndividualAs( Resource res );
    
    /**
     * <p>Remove the statement that this individual is the same as the given individual.  If this statement
     * is not true of the current model, nothing happens.</p>
     * @param res A resource that may be declared to be the sameIndividualAs this resource
     * @deprecated WebOnt have removed <code>owl:sameIndividualAs</code>. Use {@link OntResource#removeSameAs} instead.
     */
    public void removeSameIndividualAs( Resource res );
    


}


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