Module org.apache.jena.core

Package org.apache.jena.reasoner

Interface ReasonerFactory

All Known Subinterfaces:

RuleReasonerFactory

All Known Implementing Classes:

GenericRuleReasonerFactory, OWLFBRuleReasonerFactory, OWLMicroReasonerFactory, OWLMiniReasonerFactory, RDFSFBRuleReasonerFactory, RDFSRuleReasonerFactory, TransitiveReasonerFactory, WrappedReasonerFactory

public interface ReasonerFactory

The interface through which a reasoner (inference engine) can be instantiated. Instances of this are registered with the global ReasonerRegistry.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
Reasoner	create(Resource configuration)	Constructor method that builds an instance of the associated Reasoner
Model	getCapabilities()	Return a description of the capabilities of this reasoner encoded in RDF.
String	getURI()	Return the URI labelling this type of reasoner

Method Details

create

Reasoner create(Resource configuration)

Constructor method that builds an instance of the associated Reasoner

Parameters:

configuration - a set of arbitrary configuration information to be passed the reasoner, encoded as RDF properties of a base configuration resource, can be null in no custom configuration is required.

getCapabilities

Model getCapabilities()

Return a description of the capabilities of this reasoner encoded in RDF. These capabilities may be static or may depend on configuration information supplied at construction time. May be null if there are no useful capabilities registered.

getURI

String getURI()

Return the URI labelling this type of reasoner