org.semanticweb.owlapi.model

Interface HasAxiomsByType

All Known Subinterfaces:

OWLMutableOntology, OWLOntology

public interface HasAxiomsByType

An interface to an object that contains axioms and can provide subsets of these axioms by the type of axiom.

Author:

Matthew Horridge, Stanford University, Bio-Medical Informatics Research Group, Date: 29/07/2013

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
<T extends OWLAxiom> Set<T>	getAxioms(AxiomType<T> axiomType) Gets the axioms which are of the specified type.

Method Detail

getAxioms

<T extends OWLAxiom> Set<T> getAxioms(AxiomType<T> axiomType)

Gets the axioms which are of the specified type.

Type Parameters:

T - axiom type

Parameters:

axiomType - The type of axioms to be retrieved.

Returns:

A set containing the axioms which are of the specified type. The set that is returned is a copy of the axioms in this object. Modifications to the returned set will not be reflected in this object.