gate.creole.ontology
Interface ObjectProperty

All Superinterfaces:

OntologyConstants, OntologyResource, Property

All Known Subinterfaces:

ReflexiveProperty, SymmetricProperty, TransitiveProperty

All Known Implementing Classes:

ObjectPropertyImpl, SymmetricPropertyImpl, TransitivePropertyImpl

public interface ObjectProperty
extends Property

Field Summary

Fields inherited from interface gate.creole.ontology.OntologyConstants

DIRECT_CLOSURE, TRANSITIVE_CLOSURE

Method Summary

Set	getInverseProperties() Returns the set of inverse properties for this property.
boolean	isValidRange(OInstance instance)
void	setInverseOf(Property theInverse) Set theInverse as inverse property to this property.

Methods inherited from interface gate.creole.ontology.Property

addSubProperty, addSuperProperty, getDomain, getRange, getSamePropertyAs, getSubProperties, getSuperProperties, isFunctional, isInverseFunctional, isValidDomain, isValidRange, removeSubProperty, removeSuperProperty, setFunctional, setInverseFunctional, setSamePropertyAs

Methods inherited from interface gate.creole.ontology.OntologyResource

addPropertyValue, getComment, getName, getOntology, getPropertyValues, getSetPropertiesNames, getTaxonomy, getURI, removePropertyValue, removePropertyValues, setComment, setName, setURI

Method Detail

getInverseProperties

Set getInverseProperties()

Returns the set of inverse properties for this property. Null if no such properties. The set contains objects of KBProperty instances.

Returns:

a Set value.

setInverseOf

void setInverseOf(Property theInverse)

Set theInverse as inverse property to this property.

Parameters:

theInverse -

isValidRange

boolean isValidRange(OInstance instance)

Parameters:

instance -

Returns:

true if this value is compatible with the range restrictions on the property. False otherwise.