1 /*
2 ORDI - Ontology Repository and Data Integration
3
4 Copyright (c) 2004-2005, OntoText Lab. / SIRMA
5
6 This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under
7 the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by the Free
8 Software Foundation; either version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option)
9 any later version.
10 This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT
11 ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS
12 FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU Lesser General Public License for more
13 details.
14 You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License along
15 with this library; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc.,
16 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA
17 */
18 package com.ontotext.ordi.wsmo4rdf;
19
20 import java.util.Set;
21
22 import org.wsmo.common.Entity;
23 import org.wsmo.common.Identifier;
24
25 /**
26 * This interfaces constructs WSMO entities of type {@link Entity}.
27 *
28 * @author vassil
29 *
30 */
31 public interface WSMLfromTriples {
32
33 /**
34 * Constructs set of entities by specified identifier.
35 *
36 * @param id
37 * of the entities
38 * @return set of entities to use that identifier
39 */
40 public Set<Entity> construct(Identifier id);
41
42 /**
43 * Constructs an entity by specified identifier and entity class type
44 *
45 * @param id
46 * of the entity
47 * @param cls
48 * of the entity
49 * @return null or the constructed entity
50 */
51 public Entity construct(Identifier id, Class<? extends Entity> cls);
52 }