OWLSentence.java

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

import java.util.Set;

import org.semanticweb.owlapi.model.OWLAxiom;

import ch.uzh.ifi.attempto.acewiki.core.Sentence;

/**
 * This class represents a sentence with an OWL representation.
 * 
 * @author Tobias Kuhn
 */
public interface OWLSentence extends Sentence {

	/**
	 * Returns a set of OWL axioms that represent this sentence.
	 * 
	 * @return The OWL axioms.
	 */
	public abstract Set<OWLAxiom> getOWLAxioms();

	/**
	 * Returns true if this sentence has an OWL representation.
	 * 
	 * @return true if this sentence has an OWL representation.
	 */
	public abstract boolean isOWL();

	/**
	 * Returns true if this sentence has an OWL or SWRL representation.
	 * 
	 * @return true if this sentence has an OWL or SWRL representation.
	 */
	public abstract boolean isOWLSWRL();

	/**
	 * Returns a pretty-printed OWL representation of this sentence.
	 * 
	 * @return The pretty-printed OWL representation.
	 */
	public abstract String getPrettyOWL();

}