cardinalityqrestriction.java

Jena推理机

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 * Source code information
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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            08-Sep-2003
 * Filename           $RCSfile: CardinalityQRestriction.java,v $
 * Revision           $Revision: 1.6 $
 * Release status     $State: Exp $
 *
 * Last modified on   $Date: 2007/01/02 11:48:48 $
 *               by   $Author: andy_seaborne $
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 * (c) Copyright 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007 Hewlett-Packard Development Company, LP
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// Package
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package com.hp.hpl.jena.ontology;


// Imports
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/**
 * <p>
 * Interface representing the ontology abstraction for a qualified cardinality
 * restriction.   A qualified restriction is a DAML+OIL term for a restriction
 * with a cardinality constraint <em>and</em> a constraint that the values of
 * the restricted property must all belong to the given class.  At the current 
 * time, qualified restrictions are part of DAML+OIL, but not part of OWL.
 * </p>
 *
 * @author Ian Dickinson, HP Labs
 *         (<a  href="mailto:[e-mail]" >email</a>)
 * @version CVS $Id: CardinalityQRestriction.java,v 1.6 2007/01/02 11:48:48 andy_seaborne Exp $
 */
public interface CardinalityQRestriction 
    extends QualifiedRestriction
{
    // Constants
    //////////////////////////////////

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

    /**
     * <p>Assert that this restriction restricts the property to have the given
     * cardinality. Any existing statements for <code>cardinalityQ</code>
     * will be removed.</p>
     * @param cardinality The cardinality of the restricted property
     * @exception OntProfileException If the {@link Profile#CARDINALITY_Q()} property is not supported in the current language profile.   
     */ 
    public void setCardinalityQ( int cardinality );

    /**
     * <p>Answer the cardinality of the restricted property.</p>
     * @return The cardinality of the restricted property
     * @exception OntProfileException If the {@link Profile#CARDINALITY_Q()} property is not supported in the current language profile.   
     */ 
    public int getCardinalityQ();

    /**
     * <p>Answer true if this property restriction has the given cardinality.</p>
     * @param cardinality The cardinality to test against 
     * @return True if the given cardinality is the cardinality of the restricted property in this restriction
     * @exception OntProfileException If the {@link Profile#CARDINALITY_Q()} property is not supported in the current language profile.   
     */
    public boolean hasCardinalityQ( int cardinality );
    
    /**
     * <p>Remove the statement that this restriction has the given cardinality 
     * for the restricted property.  If this statement
     * is not true of the current model, nothing happens.</p>
     * @param cardinality A cardinality value to be removed from this restriction
     * @exception OntProfileException If the {@link Profile#CARDINALITY_Q()} property is not supported in the current language profile.   
     */
    public void removeCardinalityQ( int cardinality );
    


}


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