prajna.ontology

Interface Validating

All Known Implementing Classes:

OwlClass, OwlRestriction

public interface Validating

Interface for validating Owl components.

Author:

Edward Swing

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
boolean	isValid(OwlThing owlThing) Determine whether the specified OwlThing conforms to the Validating object.
boolean	isValidProperty(java.lang.String propertyName, OwlThing owlThing) Determines whether the given OwlThing may be assigned to the property in a valid way according to the Validating object

Method Detail

isValid

boolean isValid(OwlThing owlThing)

Determine whether the specified OwlThing conforms to the Validating object.

Parameters:

owlThing - the OwlThing to check

Returns:

true if the OwlThing is completely valid, false otherwise.

isValidProperty

boolean isValidProperty(java.lang.String propertyName,
                      OwlThing owlThing)

Determines whether the given OwlThing may be assigned to the property in a valid way according to the Validating object

Parameters:

propertyName - the name of the property

owlThing - the OwlThing to test for assignment to the property

Returns:

true if the property assignment is valid, false otherwise