001/**
002 * Copyright (C) 2007 - 2016, Jens Lehmann
003 *
004 * This file is part of DL-Learner.
005 *
006 * DL-Learner is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
007 * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
008 * the Free Software Foundation; either version 3 of the License, or
009 * (at your option) any later version.
010 *
011 * DL-Learner is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
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013 * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
014 * GNU General Public License for more details.
015 *
016 * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
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018 */
019package org.dllearner.kb;
020
021import org.dllearner.core.KnowledgeSource;
022import org.semanticweb.owlapi.model.OWLOntology;
023import org.semanticweb.owlapi.model.OWLOntologyManager;
024
025/**
026 * Created by IntelliJ IDEA.
027 * User: Chris Shellenbarger
028 * Date: 3/11/12
029 * Time: 6:36 PM
030 *
031 * This interface represents objects which can return an OWLOntology representation of itself.
032 */
033public interface OWLOntologyKnowledgeSource extends KnowledgeSource{
034
035    /**
036     * Create an OWL Ontology associated with the specified manager.
037     *
038     * @param manager The manager to associate the new ontology with.
039     * @return The result ontology
040     */
041    OWLOntology createOWLOntology(OWLOntologyManager manager);
042}