com.hp.hpl.jena.daml.common
Class VocabularyManager

java.lang.Object
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public class VocabularyManager

extends java.lang.Object

Contains knowledge of different versions of the DAML vocabulary, to help with managing the different versions of the namespace.

Version:

CVS info: $Id: VocabularyManager.java,v 1.2 2002/03/05 14:15:39 ian_dickinson Exp $

Author:

Ian Dickinson, HP Labs (email)

Constructor Summary

VocabularyManager()

Method Summary

static DAMLVocabulary	getDefaultVocabulary() Answer the default (latest) vocabulary.
static DAMLVocabulary	getVocabulary(Resource resource) Answer the vocabulary that corresponds to the namespace of the given resource.
static DAMLVocabulary	getVocabulary(java.lang.String uri) Answer the vocabulary that corresponds to the namespace of the given URI.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

equals, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

VocabularyManager

public VocabularyManager()

Method Detail

getVocabulary

public static DAMLVocabulary getVocabulary(Resource resource)

Answer the vocabulary that corresponds to the namespace of the given resource. By default, answer the most recent vocabulary.

Parameters:

resource - The RDF resource denoting a namespace

Returns:

a DAML vocabulary object for the namespace

getVocabulary

public static DAMLVocabulary getVocabulary(java.lang.String uri)

Answer the vocabulary that corresponds to the namespace of the given URI. By default, answer the most recent vocabulary.

Parameters:

uri - A URI denoting a namespace

Returns:

a DAML vocabulary object for the namespace

getDefaultVocabulary

public static DAMLVocabulary getDefaultVocabulary()

Answer the default (latest) vocabulary.

Returns:

a DAML+OIL vocabulary