OWLDataFactory

@protocol OWLDataFactory <NSObject>

An interface for creating entities, class expressions and axioms.

OWL vocabulary

-thing
Gets the built in owl:Thing class.
Declaration
Objective-C

- (nonnull id<OWLClass>)thing;
Return Value

OWLClass corresponding to owl:Thing.
-nothing
Gets the built in owl:Nothing class.
Declaration
Objective-C

- (nonnull id<OWLClass>)nothing;
Return Value

OWLClass corresponding to owl:Nothing.
-topObjectProperty
Gets the built in owl:topObjectProperty class.
Declaration
Objective-C

- (nonnull id<OWLObjectProperty>)topObjectProperty;
Return Value

OWLObjectProperty corresponding to owl:topObjectProperty.
-bottomObjectProperty
Gets the built in owl:bottomObjectProperty class.
Declaration
Objective-C

- (nonnull id<OWLObjectProperty>)bottomObjectProperty;
Return Value

OWLObjectProperty corresponding to owl:bottomObjectProperty.

Entities


                    
                    
                    -entityWithType:iri:

Gets an entity that has the specified IRI and is of the specified type.

Declaration

Objective-C

- (nonnull id<OWLEntity>)entityWithType:(OWLEntityType)type
                                    iri:(nonnull OWLIRI *)iri;

Parameters

`type`	The type of the entity that will be returned.
`iri`	The IRI of the entity that will be returned.

Return Value

An entity that has the same IRI as this entity and is of the specified type.


                    
                    
                    -classWithIRI:

Gets an instance of OWLClass that has the specified IRI.

Declaration

Objective-C

- (nonnull id<OWLClass>)classWithIRI:(nonnull OWLIRI *)iri;

Parameters

iri

The IRI.

Return Value

An OWLClass that has the specified IRI.


                    
                    
                    -objectPropertyWithIRI:

Gets an instance of OWLObjectProperty that has the specified IRI.

Declaration

Objective-C

- (nonnull id<OWLObjectProperty>)objectPropertyWithIRI:(nonnull OWLIRI *)iri;

Parameters

iri

The IRI.

Return Value

An OWLObjectProperty that has the specified IRI.


                    
                    
                    -namedIndividualWithIRI:

Gets an instance of OWLNamedIndividual that has the specified IRI.

Declaration

Objective-C

- (nonnull id<OWLNamedIndividual>)namedIndividualWithIRI:(nonnull OWLIRI *)iri;

Parameters

iri

The IRI.

Return Value

An OWLNamedIndividual that has the specified IRI.

-anonymousIndividual
Gets an OWLAnonymousIndividual. The NodeID for the individual will be generated automatically. Successive invocations of this method (on this object) will result in instances of OWLAnonymousIndividual that do not have NodeIDs that have been used previously.
Declaration
Objective-C

- (nonnull id<OWLAnonymousIndividual>)anonymousIndividual;
Return Value

An instance of OWLAnonymousIndividual.


                    
                    
                    -anonymousIndividualWithNodeID:

Gets an OWLAnonymousIndividual that has a specific NodeID.

Declaration

Objective-C

- (nonnull id<OWLAnonymousIndividual>)anonymousIndividualWithNodeID:
    (OWLNodeID)nodeID;

Parameters


                                nodeID

The node ID.

Return Value

An instance of OWLAnonymousIndividual.

Entity to/from identifiers


                    
                    
                    -classWithEntityID:

Gets the class that has the specified identifier.

Declaration

Objective-C

- (nonnull id<OWLClass>)classWithEntityID:(OWLEntityID)entityID;

Parameters


                                entityID

The identifier;

Return Value

An instance of OWLClass.


                    
                    
                    -namedIndividualWithEntityID:

Gets the named individual that has the specified identifier.

Declaration

Objective-C

- (nonnull id<OWLNamedIndividual>)namedIndividualWithEntityID:
    (OWLEntityID)entityID;

Parameters


                                entityID

The identifier;

Return Value

An instance of OWLNamedIndividual.


                    
                    
                    -objectPropertyWithEntityID:

Gets the object property that has the specified identifier.

Declaration

Objective-C

- (nonnull id<OWLObjectProperty>)objectPropertyWithEntityID:
    (OWLEntityID)entityID;

Parameters


                                entityID

The identifier;

Return Value

An instance of OWLObjectProperty.

Class expressions


                    
                    
                    -objectComplementOf:

Gets an instance of OWLObjectComplementOf.

Declaration

Objective-C

- (nonnull id<OWLObjectComplementOf>)objectComplementOf:
    (nonnull id<OWLClassExpression>)classExpression;

Parameters


                                classExpression

The class expression to complement.

Return Value

An instance of OWLObjectComplementOf.


                    
                    
                    -objectIntersectionOf:

Gets an instance of OWLObjectIntersectionOf.

Declaration

Objective-C

- (nonnull id<OWLObjectIntersectionOf>)objectIntersectionOf:
    (nonnull NSSet<id<OWLClassExpression>> *)classExpressions;

Parameters


                                classExpressions

The class expressions to intersect.

Return Value

An instance of OWLObjectIntersectionOf.


                    
                    
                    -objectAllValuesFrom:filler:

Gets an instance of OWLObjectAllValuesFrom.

Declaration

Objective-C

- (nonnull id<OWLObjectAllValuesFrom>)
    objectAllValuesFrom:(nonnull id<OWLObjectPropertyExpression>)property
                 filler:(nonnull id<OWLClassExpression>)filler;

Parameters

`property`	The property that the restriction acts along.
`filler`	The filler of the restriction.

Return Value

An instance of OWLObjectAllValuesFrom.


                    
                    
                    -objectSomeValuesFrom:filler:

Gets an instance of OWLObjectSomeValuesFrom.

Declaration

Objective-C

- (nonnull id<OWLObjectSomeValuesFrom>)
    objectSomeValuesFrom:(nonnull id<OWLObjectPropertyExpression>)property
                  filler:(nonnull id<OWLClassExpression>)filler;

Parameters

`property`	The property that the restriction acts along.
`filler`	The filler of the restriction.

Return Value

An instance of OWLObjectSomeValuesFrom.


                    
                    
                    -objectExactCardinality:cardinality:

Gets an instance of OWLObjectExactCardinality (non-qualified).

Declaration

Objective-C

- (nonnull id<OWLObjectExactCardinality>)
    objectExactCardinality:(nonnull id<OWLObjectPropertyExpression>)property
               cardinality:(NSUInteger)cardinality;

Parameters

`property`	The property.
`cardinality`	The cardinality (cannot be negative).

Return Value

An instance of OWLObjectExactCardinality.


                    
                    
                    -objectExactCardinality:cardinality:filler:

Gets an instance of OWLObjectExactCardinality (qualified).

Declaration

Objective-C

- (nonnull id<OWLObjectExactCardinality>)
    objectExactCardinality:(nonnull id<OWLObjectPropertyExpression>)property
               cardinality:(NSUInteger)cardinality
                    filler:(nonnull id<OWLClassExpression>)filler;

Parameters

`property`	The property.
`cardinality`	The cardinality (cannot be negative).
`filler`	The filler.

Return Value

An instance of OWLObjectExactCardinality.


                    
                    
                    -objectMaxCardinality:cardinality:

Gets an instance of OWLObjectMaxCardinality (non-qualified).

Declaration

Objective-C

- (nonnull id<OWLObjectMaxCardinality>)
    objectMaxCardinality:(nonnull id<OWLObjectPropertyExpression>)property
             cardinality:(NSUInteger)cardinality;

Parameters

`property`	The property.
`cardinality`	The cardinality (cannot be negative).

Return Value

An instance of OWLObjectMaxCardinality.


                    
                    
                    -objectMaxCardinality:cardinality:filler:

Gets an instance of OWLObjectMaxCardinality (qualified).

Declaration

Objective-C

- (nonnull id<OWLObjectMaxCardinality>)
    objectMaxCardinality:(nonnull id<OWLObjectPropertyExpression>)property
             cardinality:(NSUInteger)cardinality
                  filler:(nonnull id<OWLClassExpression>)filler;

Parameters

`property`	The property.
`cardinality`	The cardinality (cannot be negative).
`filler`	The filler.

Return Value

An instance of OWLObjectMaxCardinality.


                    
                    
                    -objectMinCardinality:cardinality:

Gets an instance of OWLObjectMinCardinality (non-qualified).

Declaration

Objective-C

- (nonnull id<OWLObjectMinCardinality>)
    objectMinCardinality:(nonnull id<OWLObjectPropertyExpression>)property
             cardinality:(NSUInteger)cardinality;

Parameters

`property`	The property.
`cardinality`	The cardinality (cannot be negative).

Return Value

An instance of OWLObjectMinCardinality.


                    
                    
                    -objectMinCardinality:cardinality:filler:

Gets an instance of OWLObjectMinCardinality (qualified).

Declaration

Objective-C

- (nonnull id<OWLObjectMinCardinality>)
    objectMinCardinality:(nonnull id<OWLObjectPropertyExpression>)property
             cardinality:(NSUInteger)cardinality
                  filler:(nonnull id<OWLClassExpression>)filler;

Parameters

`property`	The property.
`cardinality`	The cardinality (cannot be negative).
`filler`	The filler.

Return Value

An instance of OWLObjectMinCardinality.

Axioms


                    
                    
                    -declarationAxiom:

Gets a declaration for an entity.

Declaration

Objective-C

- (nonnull id<OWLDeclarationAxiom>)declarationAxiom:
    (nonnull id<OWLEntity>)entity;

Parameters


                                entity

The declared entity.

Return Value

The declaration axiom for the specified entity.


                    
                    
                    -subClassOfAxiom:subClass:

Gets an instance of OWLSubClassOfAxiom.

Declaration

Objective-C

- (nonnull id<OWLSubClassOfAxiom>)
    subClassOfAxiom:(nonnull id<OWLClassExpression>)superClass
           subClass:(nonnull id<OWLClassExpression>)subClass;

Parameters

`superClass`	The superclass.
`subClass`	The subclass.

Return Value

An instance of OWLSubClassOfAxiom.


                    
                    
                    -disjointClassesAxiom:

Gets an instance of OWLDisjointClassesAxiom.

Declaration

Objective-C

- (nonnull id<OWLDisjointClassesAxiom>)disjointClassesAxiom:
    (nonnull NSSet<id<OWLClassExpression>> *)classExpressions;

Parameters


                                classExpressions

The disjoint classes.

Return Value

An instance of OWLDisjointClassesAxiom.


                    
                    
                    -equivalentClassesAxiom:

Gets an instance of OWLEquivalentClassesAxiom.

Declaration

Objective-C

- (nonnull id<OWLEquivalentClassesAxiom>)equivalentClassesAxiom:
    (nonnull NSSet<id<OWLClassExpression>> *)classExpressions;

Parameters


                                classExpressions

The equivalent classes.

Return Value

An instance of OWLEquivalentClassesAxiom.


                    
                    
                    -classAssertionAxiom:classExpression:

Gets an instance of OWLClassAssertionAxiom.

Declaration

Objective-C

- (nonnull id<OWLClassAssertionAxiom>)
    classAssertionAxiom:(nonnull id<OWLIndividual>)individual
        classExpression:(nonnull id<OWLClassExpression>)classExpression;

Parameters

`individual`	The individual.
`classExpression`	The class expression.

Return Value

An instance of OWLClassAssertionAxiom.


                    
                    
                    -objectPropertyAssertionAxiom:property:object:

Gets an instance of OWLObjectPropertyAssertionAxiom.

Declaration

Objective-C

- (nonnull id<OWLObjectPropertyAssertionAxiom>)
    objectPropertyAssertionAxiom:(nonnull id<OWLIndividual>)subject
                        property:
                            (nonnull id<OWLObjectPropertyExpression>)property
                          object:(nonnull id<OWLIndividual>)object;

Parameters

`subject`	The subject individual.
`property`	The property.
`object`	The object individual.

Return Value

An instance of OWLObjectPropertyAssertionAxiom.


                    
                    
                    -objectPropertyDomainAxiom:domain:

Gets an instance of OWLObjectPropertyDomainAxiom.

Declaration

Objective-C

- (nonnull id<OWLObjectPropertyDomainAxiom>)
    objectPropertyDomainAxiom:(nonnull id<OWLObjectPropertyExpression>)property
                       domain:(nonnull id<OWLClassExpression>)domain;

Parameters

`property`	The property.
`domain`	The domain.

Return Value

An instance of OWLObjectPropertyDomainAxiom.


                    
                    
                    -objectPropertyRangeAxiom:range:

Gets an instance of OWLObjectPropertyRangeAxiom.

Declaration

Objective-C

- (nonnull id<OWLObjectPropertyRangeAxiom>)
    objectPropertyRangeAxiom:(nonnull id<OWLObjectPropertyExpression>)property
                       range:(nonnull id<OWLClassExpression>)range;

Parameters

`property`	The property.
`range`	The range.

Return Value

An instance of OWLObjectPropertyRangeAxiom.


                    
                    
                    -transitiveObjectPropertyAxiom:

Gets an instance of OWLTransitiveObjectPropertyAxiom.

Declaration

Objective-C

- (nonnull id<OWLTransitiveObjectPropertyAxiom>)transitiveObjectPropertyAxiom:
    (nonnull id<OWLObjectPropertyExpression>)property;

Parameters


                                property

The property.

Return Value

An instance of OWLTransitiveObjectPropertyAxiom.