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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
7  * Created 4 Jan 2001
8  * Filename $RCSfile: DAMLInstance.java,v $
9  * Revision $Revision: 1.7 $
10  * Release status Preview-release $State: Exp $
11  *
12  * Last modified on $Date: 2005/02/21 12:05:00 $
13  * by $Author: andy_seaborne $
14  *
15  * (c) Copyright 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005 Hewlett-Packard Development Company, LP
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18
19 // Package
20 ///////////////
21 package com.hp.hpl.jena.ontology.daml;
22
23
24 // Imports
25 ///////////////
26
27
28 import com.hp.hpl.jena.rdf.model.Property;
29 import com.hp.hpl.jena.util.iterator.ExtendedIterator;
30
31
32
33 /**
34  * Java representation of a DAML Instance.
35  *
36  * @author Ian Dickinson, HP Labs (<a HREF="mailto:Ian.Dickinson@hp.com">email</a>)
37  * @version CVS info: $Id: DAMLInstance.java,v 1.7 2005/02/21 12:05:00 andy_seaborne Exp $
38  */
39 public interface DAMLInstance
40     extends DAMLCommon
41 {
42     // Constants
43 //////////////////////////////////
44
45
46
47     // External signature methods
48 //////////////////////////////////
49
50     /**
51      * Property accessor for <code>daml:sameIndividualAs</code> property on a DAML instance.
52      *
53      * @return a property accessor
54      */
55     public PropertyAccessor prop_sameIndividualAs();
56
57
58     /**
59      * Return an iterator over all of the instances that are the same as this one,
60      * by generating the transitive closure over the <code>daml:samePropertyAs</code>
61      * property.
62      *
63      * @return an iterator whose values will all be DAMLInstance objects
64      */
65     public ExtendedIterator getSameInstances();
66
67
68     /**
69      * Answer an iterator over all of the DAML instances that are equivalent to this
70      * instance, which will be the union of <code>daml:equivalentTo</code> and
71      * <code>daml:sameIndividualAs</code>.
72      *
73      * @return an iterator ranging over every equivalent DAML instance - each value of
74      * the iteration should be a DAMLInstance object.
75      */
76     public ExtendedIterator getEquivalentValues();
77
78
79     /**
80      * Answer a property accessor for a user defined property.
81      *
82      * @param property An RDF or DAML property
83      * @return a property accessor, that simplifies some of the basic operations
84      * of a given property on a given object
85      */
86     public PropertyAccessor accessProperty( Property property );
87
88 }
89
90
91
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