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1 /*****************************************************************************
2  * Source code information
3  * -----------------------
4  * Original author Ian Dickinson, HP Labs Bristol
5  * Author email Ian.Dickinson@hp.com
6  * Package Jena 2
7  * Web http://sourceforge.net/projects/jena/
8  * Created 08-May-2003
9  * Filename $RCSfile: MinCardinalityRestriction.java,v $
10  * Revision $Revision: 1.6 $
11  * Release status $State: Exp $
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13  * Last modified on $Date: 2005/02/21 12:04:29 $
14  * by $Author: andy_seaborne $
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19
20 // Package
21 ///////////////
22 package com.hp.hpl.jena.ontology;
23
24
25 // Imports
26 ///////////////
27
28 /**
29  * <p>
30  * A property restriction that requires the named property to have have at least
31  * the given number of values for a given instance to be a member of the class defined
32  * by the restriction.
33  * </p>
34  *
35  * @author Ian Dickinson, HP Labs
36  * (<a HREF="mailto:Ian.Dickinson@hp.com" >email</a>)
37  * @version CVS $Id: MinCardinalityRestriction.java,v 1.6 2005/02/21 12:04:29 andy_seaborne Exp $
38  */
39 public interface MinCardinalityRestriction
40     extends Restriction
41 {
42     // Constants
43 //////////////////////////////////
44
45
46     // External signature methods
47 //////////////////////////////////
48
49     // minCardinality
50
51     /**
52      * <p>Assert that this restriction restricts the property to have the given
53      * minimum cardinality. Any existing statements for <code>minCardinality</code>
54      * will be removed.</p>
55      * @param cardinality The minimum cardinality of the restricted property
56      * @exception OntProfileException If the {@link Profile#MIN_CARDINALITY()} property is not supported in the current language profile.
57      */
58     public void setMinCardinality( int cardinality );
59
60     /**
61      * <p>Answer the minimum cardinality of the restricted property.</p>
62      * @return The minimum cardinality of the restricted property
63      * @exception OntProfileException If the {@link Profile#MIN_CARDINALITY()} property is not supported in the current language profile.
64      */
65     public int getMinCardinality();
66
67     /**
68      * <p>Answer true if this property restriction has the given minimum cardinality.</p>
69      * @param cardinality The cardinality to test against
70      * @return True if the given cardinality is the min cardinality of the restricted property in this restriction
71      * @exception OntProfileException If the {@link Profile#MIN_CARDINALITY()} property is not supported in the current language profile.
72      */
73     public boolean hasMinCardinality( int cardinality );
74     
75     /**
76      * <p>Remove the statement that this restriction has the given minimum cardinality
77      * for the restricted property. If this statement
78      * is not true of the current model, nothing happens.</p>
79      * @param cardinality A min cardinality value to be removed from this restriction
80      */
81     public void removeMinCardinality( int cardinality );
82     
83
84 }
85
86
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