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// Package
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package org.apache.jena.ontology;
// Imports
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/**
* <p>
* A property restriction that requires the named property to have have at least
* the given number of values for a given instance to be a member of the class defined
* by the restriction.
* </p>
*/
public interface MinCardinalityRestriction
extends Restriction
{
// Constants
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// External signature methods
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// minCardinality
/**
* <p>Assert that this restriction restricts the property to have the given
* minimum cardinality. Any existing statements for <code>minCardinality</code>
* will be removed.</p>
* @param cardinality The minimum cardinality of the restricted property
* @exception ProfileException If the {@link Profile#MIN_CARDINALITY()} property is not supported in the current language profile.
*/
public void setMinCardinality( int cardinality );
/**
* <p>Answer the minimum cardinality of the restricted property.</p>
* @return The minimum cardinality of the restricted property
* @exception ProfileException If the {@link Profile#MIN_CARDINALITY()} property is not supported in the current language profile.
*/
public int getMinCardinality();
/**
* <p>Answer true if this property restriction has the given minimum cardinality.</p>
* @param cardinality The cardinality to test against
* @return True if the given cardinality is the min cardinality of the restricted property in this restriction
* @exception ProfileException If the {@link Profile#MIN_CARDINALITY()} property is not supported in the current language profile.
*/
public boolean hasMinCardinality( int cardinality );
/**
* <p>Remove the statement that this restriction has the given minimum cardinality
* for the restricted property. If this statement
* is not true of the current model, nothing happens.</p>
* @param cardinality A min cardinality value to be removed from this restriction
*/
public void removeMinCardinality( int cardinality );
}