ACEOWLOntoElement.java

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package ch.uzh.ifi.attempto.acewiki.aceowl;

import java.util.Collection;
import java.util.List;


import ch.uzh.ifi.attempto.acewiki.core.OntologyElement;
import ch.uzh.ifi.attempto.acewiki.owl.OWLOntoElement;
import ch.uzh.ifi.attempto.ape.LexiconEntry;
import ch.uzh.ifi.attempto.chartparser.LexicalRule;

/**
 * This interface represents an OWL ontology element with lexical entries that define its ACE
 * representation.
 * 
 * @author Tobias Kuhn
 */
public interface ACEOWLOntoElement extends OntologyElement, OWLOntoElement {
	
	/**
	 * Returns the lexicon entries (one for each word form).
	 * 
	 * @return The lexicon entries.
	 */
	public List<LexiconEntry> getLexiconEntries();
	
	/**
	 * This method should collect the lexical rules of this ontology element for the given category
	 * name.
	 * 
	 * @param catName The category name.
	 * @param lexRules The lexical rules should be added to this collection.
	 */
	// TODO: Improve this.
	public void collectLexicalRules(String catName, Collection<LexicalRule> lexRules);

}