org.semanticweb.owl.util
Class OWLEntityRenamer

java.lang.Object
  org.semanticweb.owl.util.OWLEntityRenamer

public class OWLEntityRenamer
extends java.lang.Object

Author: Matthew Horridge
The University Of Manchester
Bio-Health Informatics Group
Date: 11-Dec-2006

Renames entities that have a particular URI. Entities with the specified URI are renamed regardless of whether they are classes, object properties, data properties, individuals or data types.

Constructor Summary

OWLEntityRenamer(OWLOntologyManager owlOntologyManager, java.util.Set<OWLOntology> ontologies)

Method Summary

java.util.List<OWLOntologyChange>	changeURI(OWLEntity entity, java.net.URI newURI) Changes the URI of an entity for another URI.
java.util.List<OWLOntologyChange>	changeURI(java.net.URI uri, java.net.URI newURI) Changes a URI for another URI.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

OWLEntityRenamer

public OWLEntityRenamer(OWLOntologyManager owlOntologyManager,
                        java.util.Set<OWLOntology> ontologies)

Method Detail

changeURI

public java.util.List<OWLOntologyChange> changeURI(java.net.URI uri,
                                                   java.net.URI newURI)

Changes a URI for another URI. This creates the appropriate changes to be applied in order to change a URI.

Parameters:

uri - The URI to be changed

newURI - The URI that the URI should be changed to.

Returns:

A list of ontology changes that should be applied to change the specified URI.

changeURI

public java.util.List<OWLOntologyChange> changeURI(OWLEntity entity,
                                                   java.net.URI newURI)

Changes the URI of an entity for another URI.

Parameters:

entity - The entity whose URI is to be changed.

newURI - The new URI

Returns:

A list of ontology changes that should be applied to change the specified entity URI.