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// Package
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package org.apache.jena.ontology;



// Imports
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import org.apache.jena.rdf.model.Resource ;


/**
 * <p>
 * A property restriction that requires the named property to have at least one
 * range instance belonging to the given class.
 * </p>
 */
public interface SomeValuesFromRestriction 
    extends Restriction
{
    // Constants
    //////////////////////////////////


    // External signature methods
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    // someValuesFrom
    
    /**
     * <p>Assert that this restriction restricts the property to have at least one value
     * that is a member of the given class. Any existing statements for <code>someValuesFrom</code>
     * will be removed.</p>
     * @param cls The class that at least one value of the property must belong to
     * @exception ProfileException If the {@link Profile#SOME_VALUES_FROM()} property is not supported in the current language profile.   
     */ 
    public void setSomeValuesFrom( Resource cls );

    /**
     * <p>Answer the resource characterising the constraint on at least one value of the restricted property. This may be
     * a class, the URI of a concrete datatype, a DataRange object or the URI rdfs:Literal.</p>
     * @return A resource, which will have been pre-converted to the appropriate Java value type
     *        ({@link OntClass} or {@link DataRange}) if appropriate.
     * @exception ProfileException If the {@link Profile#ALL_VALUES_FROM()} property is not supported in the current language profile.   
     */ 
    public Resource getSomeValuesFrom();

    /**
     * <p>Answer true if this property restriction has the given class as the class to which at least one 
     * value of the restricted property must belong.</p>
     * @param cls A class to test 
     * @return True if the given class is the class to which at least one value must belong
     * @exception ProfileException If the {@link Profile#SOME_VALUES_FROM()} property is not supported in the current language profile.   
     */
    public boolean hasSomeValuesFrom( Resource cls );
    
    /**
     * <p>Remove the statement that this restriction has some values from the given class among
     * the values for the restricted property.  If this statement
     * is not true of the current model, nothing happens.</p>
     * @param cls A Resource the denotes the class to be removed from this restriction
     */
    public void removeSomeValuesFrom( Resource cls );
    

}