org.semanticweb.owl.metrics
Class AbstractOWLMetric<M>

java.lang.Object
  org.semanticweb.owl.metrics.AbstractOWLMetric<M>

All Implemented Interfaces:

OWLMetric<M>, OWLOntologyChangeListener

Direct Known Subclasses:

DLExpressivity, DoubleValuedMetric, IntegerValuedMetric

public abstract class AbstractOWLMetric<M>
extends java.lang.Object
implements OWLMetric<M>, OWLOntologyChangeListener

Author: Matthew Horridge
The University Of Manchester
Bio-Health Informatics Group
Date: 27-Jul-2007

Constructor Summary

AbstractOWLMetric(OWLOntologyManager owlOntologyManager)

Method Summary

void	dispose() Diposes of the metric.
OWLOntologyManager	getManager() Gets the ontology manager which, amongst other things can be used to obtain the imports closure of the current ontology.
java.util.Set<OWLOntology>	getOntologies()
OWLOntology	getOntology() Gets the ontology which the value of the metric should be based on.
M	getValue() Gets the value of this metric.
boolean	isImportsClosureUsed() Determines if the computation of the metric should take into account the imports closure of the current ontology.
void	ontologiesChanged(java.util.List<? extends OWLOntologyChange> changes) Called when some changes have been applied to various ontologies.
void	setImportsClosureUsed(boolean b) Sets whether this metric uses the imports closure of the current ontology
void	setOntology(OWLOntology ontology) Sets the "root" ontology.
java.lang.String	toString()

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

equals, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Methods inherited from interface org.semanticweb.owl.metrics.OWLMetric

getName

Constructor Detail

AbstractOWLMetric

public AbstractOWLMetric(OWLOntologyManager owlOntologyManager)

Method Detail

getOntology

public OWLOntology getOntology()

Description copied from interface: OWLMetric

Gets the ontology which the value of the metric should be based on.

Specified by:

getOntology in interface OWLMetric<M>

Returns:

The ontology.

setOntology

public final void setOntology(OWLOntology ontology)

Description copied from interface: OWLMetric

Sets the "root" ontology. The metric will be recomputed from this ontology (and potentially its imports closure if selected).

Specified by:

setOntology in interface OWLMetric<M>

Parameters:

ontology - The ontology for which the metric should be computed.

getValue

public final M getValue()

Description copied from interface: OWLMetric

Gets the value of this metric. This value is computed w.r.t. the current ontology and possibly the imports closure (if specified).

Specified by:

getValue in interface OWLMetric<M>

Returns:

An object which represents the value of this metric - calling the toString method of the object returned by this method will result in a human readable string that displays the value of the metric.

getOntologies

public java.util.Set<OWLOntology> getOntologies()

ontologiesChanged

public void ontologiesChanged(java.util.List<? extends OWLOntologyChange> changes)
                       throws OWLException

Description copied from interface: OWLOntologyChangeListener

Called when some changes have been applied to various ontologies. These may be an axiom added or an axiom removed changes.

Specified by:

ontologiesChanged in interface OWLOntologyChangeListener

Parameters:

changes - A list of changes that have occurred. Each change may be examined to determine which ontology it was applied to.

Throws:

OWLException

getManager

public OWLOntologyManager getManager()

Description copied from interface: OWLMetric

Gets the ontology manager which, amongst other things can be used to obtain the imports closure of the current ontology.

Specified by:

getManager in interface OWLMetric<M>

Returns:

An OWLOntologyManager.

dispose

public void dispose()

Description copied from interface: OWLMetric

Diposes of the metric. If the metric attaches itself as a listener to an ontology manager then this will cause the metric to detach itself and stop listening for ontology changes.

Specified by:

dispose in interface OWLMetric<M>

isImportsClosureUsed

public final boolean isImportsClosureUsed()

Description copied from interface: OWLMetric

Determines if the computation of the metric should take into account the imports closure of the current ontology.

Specified by:

isImportsClosureUsed in interface OWLMetric<M>

Returns:

true if the imports closure of the current ontology is taken into account when computing the value of this metric, or false if the imports closure isn't taken into account when computing this metric.

setImportsClosureUsed

public void setImportsClosureUsed(boolean b)

Description copied from interface: OWLMetric

Sets whether this metric uses the imports closure of the current ontology

Specified by:

setImportsClosureUsed in interface OWLMetric<M>

Parameters:

b - true if this metric uses the imports closure of the current ontology, otherwise false.

toString

public java.lang.String toString()

Overrides:

toString in class java.lang.Object