org.semanticweb.owl.model
Interface OWLUntypedConstant

All Superinterfaces:

java.lang.Comparable<OWLObject>, OWLConstant, OWLObject

public interface OWLUntypedConstant
extends OWLConstant

Author: Matthew Horridge
The University Of Manchester
Bio-Health Informatics Group Date: 24-Oct-2006

Method Summary

java.lang.String	getLang() Gets the language tag (if present)
boolean	hasLang() Language tags on untyped constants are optional.
boolean	hasLang(java.lang.String lang) Determines if this constant has a specific language tag.

Methods inherited from interface org.semanticweb.owl.model.OWLConstant

accept, accept, asOWLTypedConstant, asOWLUntypedConstant, getLiteral, isTyped

Methods inherited from interface org.semanticweb.owl.model.OWLObject

accept, accept

Methods inherited from interface java.lang.Comparable

compareTo

Method Detail

getLang

java.lang.String getLang()

Gets the language tag (if present)

Returns:

A String which represents the langauge tag, or null if there is no language tag

hasLang

boolean hasLang()

Language tags on untyped constants are optional. This method determines if the language tag is present.

Returns:

true if there is a language tag, or false if there is not a langauge tag.

hasLang

boolean hasLang(java.lang.String lang)

Determines if this constant has a specific language tag.

Parameters:

lang - The specific lang to test for.

Returns:

true if this constant has the specified langauge tag, or false if this constant does not have a language tag or if this constant has a language tag that is not equal to the specified language tag.