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package org.apache.jena.reasoner;
import org.apache.jena.rdf.model.* ;
/**
* The interface through which a reasoner (inference engine) can be
* instantiated. Instances of this are registered with the global
* ReasonerRegistry.
*/
public interface ReasonerFactory {
/**
* Constructor method that builds an instance of the associated Reasoner
* @param configuration a set of arbitrary configuration information to be
* passed the reasoner, encoded as RDF properties of a base configuration resource,
* can be null in no custom configuration is required.
*/
public Reasoner create(Resource configuration);
/**
* Return a description of the capabilities of this reasoner encoded in
* RDF. These capabilities may be static or may depend on configuration
* information supplied at construction time. May be null if there are
* no useful capabilities registered.
*/
public Model getCapabilities();
/**
* Return the URI labelling this type of reasoner
*/
public String getURI();
}