org.dllearner.utilities.owl

Interface OntologyToByteConverter

All Known Implementing Classes:

SimpleOntologyToByteConverter

public interface OntologyToByteConverter

Created by IntelliJ IDEA. User: Chris Shellenbarger Date: 3/14/12 Time: 7:30 PM

Interface to allow the conversion of an OWL Ontology into a byte array and back.

The purpose of the interface is to allow the association of an OWLOntology object with a specified OWLOntologyManager.

If someone hands us an OWLOntology, we may not want to use the associated OWLOntologyManager. Rather, we can serialize it out to a byte array and then read it back in with a different OWLOntologyManager.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
org.semanticweb.owlapi.model.OWLOntology	convert(byte[] bytes, org.semanticweb.owlapi.model.OWLOntologyManager manager) Convert bytes into an Ontology registered with manager.
byte[]	convert(org.semanticweb.owlapi.model.OWLOntology ontology) Convert the ontology into a byte array.

Method Detail

convert

byte[] convert(org.semanticweb.owlapi.model.OWLOntology ontology)

Convert the ontology into a byte array.

Parameters:

ontology - The ontology to convert to a byte array.

Returns:

The byte array representing the ontology

convert

org.semanticweb.owlapi.model.OWLOntology convert(byte[] bytes,
                                                 org.semanticweb.owlapi.model.OWLOntologyManager manager)

Convert bytes into an Ontology registered with manager.

Parameters:

bytes - The bytes to convert to an OWLOntology

manager - The Ontology Manager to load the ontology with.

Returns:

The ontology derived from bytes.