fr.ign.cogit.ontology.owl

Class OwlUtil

Object

OwlUtil

public class OwlUtil
extends Object

Functions useful to handle OWL ontologies within CartAGen through the OWL2.0 API.

Author:

GTouya

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
OwlUtil()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
static Set<OWLClass>	getAllSuperClasses(String concept, OWLOntology onto) Get all the super classes of a named concept in the ontology (not only the direct super classes).
static OWLDataProperty	getOntoDataProperty(OWLOntology onto, String name) Get the OWLDataProperty object corresponding to a named data property (i.e. attribute in OO) of the ontology.
static OWLOntology	getOntologyFromName(String name) Open the OWL ontology (from the ontology resources of CartAGen) whose name is passed as parameter.
static OWLClass	getOntoNamedClass(OWLOntology onto, String name) Get the OWLClass object corresponding to a named concept of the ontology.
static OWLObjectProperty	getOntoObjectProperty(OWLOntology onto, String name) Get the OWLObjectProperty object corresponding to a named object property (i.e. relation in OO) of the ontology.
static boolean	isA(OWLOntology ontology, String childConcept, String parentConcept) Determines if, in the given ontology, the childConcept "is a" parentConcept.

Methods inherited from class Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

OwlUtil

public OwlUtil()

Method Detail

getOntologyFromName

public static OWLOntology getOntologyFromName(String name)
                                       throws OWLOntologyCreationException

Open the OWL ontology (from the ontology resources of CartAGen) whose name is passed as parameter.

Parameters:

name -

Returns:

Throws:

OWLOntologyCreationException

getOntoNamedClass

public static OWLClass getOntoNamedClass(OWLOntology onto,
                                         String name)

Get the OWLClass object corresponding to a named concept of the ontology.

Parameters:

onto -

name -

Returns:

getOntoDataProperty

public static OWLDataProperty getOntoDataProperty(OWLOntology onto,
                                                  String name)

Get the OWLDataProperty object corresponding to a named data property (i.e. attribute in OO) of the ontology.

Parameters:

onto -

name -

Returns:

getOntoObjectProperty

public static OWLObjectProperty getOntoObjectProperty(OWLOntology onto,
                                                      String name)

Get the OWLObjectProperty object corresponding to a named object property (i.e. relation in OO) of the ontology.

Parameters:

onto -

name -

Returns:

getAllSuperClasses

public static Set<OWLClass> getAllSuperClasses(String concept,
                                               OWLOntology onto)

Get all the super classes of a named concept in the ontology (not only the direct super classes).

Parameters:

concept -

onto -

Returns:

isA

public static boolean isA(OWLOntology ontology,
                          String childConcept,
                          String parentConcept)

Determines if, in the given ontology, the childConcept "is a" parentConcept. The String used must correspond to the OWL ontology concepts names.

Parameters:

ontology -

childConcept -

parentConcept -

Returns: