org.semanticweb.owl.model
Interface OWLOntologyFactory.OWLOntologyCreationHandler
- All Known Implementing Classes:
- OWLOntologyManagerImpl
- Enclosing interface:
- OWLOntologyFactory
public static interface OWLOntologyFactory.OWLOntologyCreationHandler
An OWLOntologyCreationHandler gets notified when the factory has created an empty
ontology (during the loading process). This may be needed to handle features such as cyclic imports.
For example if OntA and OntB are ontologies and OntA imports OntB and vice versa, OntA will probably be
partially loaded, but then will require the loading of OntB to ensure that all entities are declared. OntB
will also require the partial loading of OntA for the same reason. The handler allows a reference to
an ontology which is being loaded to be obtained before loading is finished.
ontologyCreated
void ontologyCreated(OWLOntology ontology)
- The factory calls this method as soon as it has created an ontology. If the
factory is loading an ontology then the ontology will not have been populated with
axioms at this stage.
- Parameters:
ontology - The newly created ontology.
setOntologyFormat
void setOntologyFormat(OWLOntology ontology,
OWLOntologyFormat format)