org.semanticweb.owlapi.io
Class FileDocumentSource

java.lang.Object
  org.semanticweb.owlapi.io.FileDocumentSource

All Implemented Interfaces:

OWLOntologyDocumentSource

public class FileDocumentSource
extends java.lang.Object
implements OWLOntologyDocumentSource

Author: Matthew Horridge
The University Of Manchester
Bio-Health Informatics Group
Date: 17-Nov-2007

A convenience class which will prepare an input source from a file.

Constructor Summary

FileDocumentSource(java.io.File file)
Constructs an ontology input source using the specified file.

Method Summary

IRI	getDocumentIRI() Gets the IRI of the ontology document.
java.io.InputStream	getInputStream() If an input stream can be obtained from this document source then this method creates it.
java.io.Reader	getReader() Gets a reader which an ontology document can be read from.
boolean	isInputStreamAvailable() Determines if an input stream is available which an ontology document can be parsed from.
boolean	isReaderAvailable() Determines if a reader is available which an ontology document can be parsed from.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

FileDocumentSource

public FileDocumentSource(java.io.File file)

Constructs an ontology input source using the specified file.

Parameters:

file - The file from which a concrete representation of an ontology will be obtained.

Method Detail

getDocumentIRI

public IRI getDocumentIRI()

Description copied from interface: OWLOntologyDocumentSource

Gets the IRI of the ontology document.

Specified by:

getDocumentIRI in interface OWLOntologyDocumentSource

Returns:

An IRI which represents the ontology document IRI - this will never be null.

isInputStreamAvailable

public boolean isInputStreamAvailable()

Description copied from interface: OWLOntologyDocumentSource

Determines if an input stream is available which an ontology document can be parsed from.

Specified by:

isInputStreamAvailable in interface OWLOntologyDocumentSource

Returns:

true if an input stream can be obtained, false if an input stream cannot be obtained from this document source.

getInputStream

public java.io.InputStream getInputStream()

Description copied from interface: OWLOntologyDocumentSource

If an input stream can be obtained from this document source then this method creates it. This method may be called multiple times. Each invocation will return a new input stream. This method should not be called if the isInputStreamAvailable method returns false.

Specified by:

getInputStream in interface OWLOntologyDocumentSource

Returns:

A new input stream which the ontology can be read from.

isReaderAvailable

public boolean isReaderAvailable()

Description copied from interface: OWLOntologyDocumentSource

Determines if a reader is available which an ontology document can be parsed from.

Specified by:

isReaderAvailable in interface OWLOntologyDocumentSource

Returns:

true if a reader can be obtained from this document source, or false if a reader cannot be obtained from this document source.

getReader

public java.io.Reader getReader()

Description copied from interface: OWLOntologyDocumentSource

Gets a reader which an ontology document can be read from. This method may be called multiple times. Each invocation will return a new Reader. This method should not be called if the isReaderAvailable method returns false. A Runtime execption will be thrown if this happens.

Specified by:

getReader in interface OWLOntologyDocumentSource

Returns:

A new Reader which the ontology can be read from.