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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 07-May-2003
9  * Filename $RCSfile: SomeValuesFromRestriction.java,v $
10  * Revision $Revision: 1.7 $
11  * Release status $State: Exp $
12  *
13  * Last modified on $Date: 2005/02/21 12:04:43 $
14  * by $Author: andy_seaborne $
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19
20 // Package
21 ///////////////
22 package com.hp.hpl.jena.ontology;
23
24
25
26 // Imports
27 ///////////////
28 import com.hp.hpl.jena.rdf.model.Resource;
29
30
31 /**
32  * <p>
33  * A property restriction that requires the named property to have at least one
34  * range instance belonging to the given class.
35  * </p>
36  *
37  * @author Ian Dickinson, HP Labs
38  * (<a HREF="mailto:Ian.Dickinson@hp.com" >email</a>)
39  * @version CVS $Id: SomeValuesFromRestriction.java,v 1.7 2005/02/21 12:04:43 andy_seaborne Exp $
40  */
41 public interface SomeValuesFromRestriction
42     extends Restriction
43 {
44     // Constants
45 //////////////////////////////////
46
47
48     // External signature methods
49 //////////////////////////////////
50
51     // someValuesFrom
52
53     /**
54      * <p>Assert that this restriction restricts the property to have at least one value
55      * that is a member of the given class. Any existing statements for <code>someValuesFrom</code>
56      * will be removed.</p>
57      * @param cls The class that at least one value of the property must belong to
58      * @exception OntProfileException If the {@link Profile#SOME_VALUES_FROM()} property is not supported in the current language profile.
59      */
60     public void setSomeValuesFrom( Resource cls );
61
62     /**
63      * <p>Answer the resource characterising the constraint on at least one value of the restricted property. This may be
64      * a class, the URI of a concrete datatype, a DataRange object or the URI rdfs:Literal.</p>
65      * @return A resource, which will have been pre-converted to the appropriate Java value type
66      * ({@link OntClass} or {@link DataRange}) if appropriate.
67      * @exception OntProfileException If the {@link Profile#ALL_VALUES_FROM()} property is not supported in the current language profile.
68      */
69     public Resource getSomeValuesFrom();
70
71     /**
72      * <p>Answer true if this property restriction has the given class as the class to which at least one
73      * value of the restricted property must belong.</p>
74      * @param cls A class to test
75      * @return True if the given class is the class to which at least one value must belong
76      * @exception OntProfileException If the {@link Profile#SOME_VALUES_FROM()} property is not supported in the current language profile.
77      */
78     public boolean hasSomeValuesFrom( Resource cls );
79     
80     /**
81      * <p>Remove the statement that this restriction has some values from the given class among
82      * the values for the restricted property. If this statement
83      * is not true of the current model, nothing happens.</p>
84      * @param cls A Resource the denotes the class to be removed from this restriction
85      */
86     public void removeSomeValuesFrom( Resource cls );
87     
88
89 }
90
91
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