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## edu.stanford.smi.protegex.owl.model
Interface RDFProperty

All Superinterfaces:
  Comparable<edu.stanford.smi.protege.model.Frame>, Deprecatable, edu.stanford.smi.protege.model.Frame, edu.stanford.smi.protege.model.Instance, ProtegeInstance, ProtegeSlot, RDFObject, RDFResource, edu.stanford.smi.protege.model.Slot, Visitable

All Known Subinterfaces:
  OWLDatatypeProperty, OWLObjectProperty, OWLProperty

All Known Implementing Classes:
  AbstractOWLProperty, DefaultOWLDatatypeProperty, DefaultOWLObjectProperty, DefaultRDFProperty

    public interface RDFProperty

extends ProtegeSlot, RDFResource, Deprecatable

An RDFResource representing an rdf:Property or an instance of a subclass of rdf:Property such as owl:ObjectProperty and owl:FunctionalProperty.

Author:
  Holger Knublauch

Method Summary
`void` | `addEquivalentProperty(RDFProperty property)` Adds a property to the list of equivalent properties of this.
`void` | `addPropertyListener(PropertyListener listener)` Adds a PropertyListener to receive events on changes in the property.
`void` | `addSuperproperty(RDFProperty superProperty)` Adds a property to the super properties of this.
`void` | `addUnionDomainClass(RDFSClass domainClass)` Adss a class to the domain of this, applying union semantics.
`RDFSClass` | `getDomain(boolean includingSuperproperties)` Gets the first value of the rdfs:domain property.
`Collection` | `getDomains(boolean includingSuperproperties)` Gets the values of the rdfs:domain property.
`Collection` | `getEquivalentProperties()` Gets the equivalent slots of this.
`RDFProperty` | `getFirstSuperproperty()` Gets the first superproperty of this (if any exists).
`Icon` | `getInheritedIcon()`
`RDFProperty` | `getInverseProperty()` Gets the inverse property of this.
`RDFResource` | `getRange()` Equivalent to `getRange(false)`.
`RDFResource` | `getRange(boolean includingSuperproperties)` Gets the range defined at this.
`RDFSDatatype` | `getRangeDatatype()` Gets the direct or inherited RDFSDatatype of this.
`Collection` | `getRanges(boolean includingSuperproperties)` Gets all range definitions at this (or optionally its superproperties).
`Collection` | `getSubproperties(boolean transitive)` Gets the subproperties of this, and possibly the subproperties of the subproperties etc.
`int` | `getSubpropertyCount()` Gets the number of properties that have this as rdfs:subPropertyOf.
`Collection` | `getSuperproperties(boolean transitive)` Gets the superproperties of this, and possibly the superproperties of the superproperties etc.
`int` | `getSuperpropertyCount()` Gets the number of values of the rdfs:subPropertyOf properties.
`Collection` | `getUnionDomain()` Equivalent to `getUnionDomain(false)`.
`Collection` | `getUnionDomain(boolean includingSuperproperties)` Gets the domain of this, with union semantics.
`Collection` | `getUnionRangeClasses()` Gets the range of this with union semantics.
`boolean` | `hasDatatypeRange()` Checks whether this can take only primitive, datatype values.
`boolean` | `hasObjectRange()` Checks whether this can take only object/reference values.
`boolean` | `hasRange(boolean includingSuperproperties)` Checks whether this has any concrete range definition.
`boolean` | `isAnnotationProperty()` Checks whether this Slot is an OWL AnnotationProperty.
`boolean` | `isDomainDefined()` Checks whether the domain of this property has been explicitly defined.
`boolean` | `isDomainDefined(boolean transitive)` Checks whether the domain of this property has been explicitly defined.
`boolean` | `isFunctional()` Checks whether this is a functional property.
`boolean` | `isRangeDefined()` Checks whether this property defines its own range.
`boolean` | `isReadOnly()` Checks if the values of this slot should be treated as read-only.
`boolean` | `isSubpropertyOf(RDFProperty superproperty, boolean transitive)` Checks if this is a subproperty of a given superproperty.
`void` | `removeEquivalentProperty(OWLProperty property)` Removes a property from the list of equivalent properties.
`void` | `removePropertyListener(PropertyListener listener)` Removes a PropertyListener to receive events on changes in the property.
`void` | `removeSuperproperty(RDFProperty superproperty)` Removes a superproperty.
`void` | `removeUnionDomainClass(RDFSClass domainClass)` Removes a domain class, with union semantics.
`void` | `setDomain(RDFSClass domainClass)` Sets the value of rdfs:domain to the given class.
`void` | `setDomainDefined(boolean value)` Specifies whether the domain of this property is defined or not.
`void` | `setDomains(Collection domainClasses)` Sets the values of the rdfs:domain property at this.
`void` | `setEquivalentProperties(Collection properties)` Sets the equivalent properties of this.
`void` | `setFunctional(boolean value)` Adds or removes owl:FunctionalProperty to/from the rdf:types of this.
`void` | `setInverseProperty(RDFProperty inverseProperty)` Sets the inverse property of this.
`void` | `setRange(RDFResource range)` Sets the rdfs:range of this.
`void` | `setRanges(Collection ranges)` Sets all ranges of this (in the unlikely case that multiple are needed).
`void` | `setUnionRangeClasses(Collection classes)`

Methods inherited from interface edu.stanford.smi.protegex.owl.model.ProtegeSlot
`addDirectSuperslot, addSlotListener, getAllowedClses, getAllowedParents, getAllowedValues, getAllowsMultipleValues, getAssociatedFacet, getDefaultValues, getDirectDomain, getDirectSubslotCount, getDirectSubslots, getDirectSuperslotCount, getDirectSuperslots, getDocumentation, getDomain, getInverseSlot, getMaximumCardinality, getMaximumValue, getMinimumCardinality, getMinimumValue, getSubslots, getSuperslots, getValues, getValueType, hasDirectSuperslot, hasSuperslot, hasValueAtSomeFrame, moveDirectSubslot, removeDirectSuperslot, removeSlotListener, setAllowedClses, setAllowedParents, setAllowedValues, setAllowsMultipleValues, setAssociatedFacet, setDefaultValues, setDirectTypeOfSubslots, setDocumentation, setInverseSlot, setMaximumCardinality, setMaximumValue, setMinimumCardinality, setMinimumValue, setValues, setValueType`

Methods inherited from interface edu.stanford.smi.protegex.owl.model.ProtegeInstance
`addDirectType, addFrameListener, addInstanceListener, addOwnFacetValue, addOwnSlotValue, areValidOwnSlotValues, copy, deepCopy, getDirectOwnSlotValue, getDirectOwnSlotValues, getDirectType, getDirectTypes, getIcon, getInvalidOwnSlotValuesText, getInvalidOwnSlotValueText, getKnowledgeBase, getOwnFacetValue, getOwnFacetValues, getOwnSlotAllowsMultipleValues, getOwnSlotAndSubslotValues, getOwnSlotDefaultValues, getOwnSlotFacets, getOwnSlotFacetValues, getOwnSlots, getOwnSlotValue, getOwnSlotValueCount, getOwnSlotValues, getOwnSlotValueType, getProject, getReachableSimpleInstances, getReferences, getReferences, hasDirectType, hasOwnSlot, hasType, isBeingDeleted, isDeleted, isEditable, isIncluded, isSystem, isValidOwnSlotValue, markDeleted, markDeleting, removeDirectType, removeFrameListener, removeInstanceListener, removeOwnSlotValue, setDirectOwnSlotValue, setDirectOwnSlotValues, setDirectType, setDirectTypes, setDocumentation, setEditable, setIncluded, setOwnFacetValue, setOwnFacetValues, setOwnSlotValue, setOwnSlotValues, shallowCopy`

Methods inherited from interface edu.stanford.smi.protege.model.Instance
`moveDirectType`

Methods inherited from interface edu.stanford.smi.protege.model.Frame
`assertFrameName, getFrameID, isValid, moveDirectOwnSlotValue`

Methods inherited from interface java.lang.Comparable
`compareTo`

Methods inherited from interface edu.stanford.smi.protege.model.Slot
`getTemplateSlotClses, rename`

Methods inherited from interface edu.stanford.smi.protege.model.Instance
`moveDirectType`

Methods inherited from interface edu.stanford.smi.protege.model.Frame
`assertFrameName, getFrameID, isValid, moveDirectOwnSlotValue`

Methods inherited from interface java.lang.Comparable
`compareTo`

Methods inherited from interface edu.stanford.smi.protegex.owl.model.RDFResource
`addComment, addDifferentFrom, addIsDefinedBy, addLabel, addPropertyValue, addPropertyValueListener, addProtegeType, addRDFType, addResourceListener, addSameAs, addVersionInfo, as, canAs, delete, getAllValuesFromOnTypes, getBrowserText, getComments, getDifferentFrom, getHasValuesOnTypes, getIconLocation, getIconName, getInferredTypes, getIsDefinedBy, getLabels, getLocalName, getName, getNamespace, getNamespacePrefix, getOWLModel, getPossibleRDFProperties, getPrefixedName, getPropertyValue, getPropertyValue, getPropertyValueAs, getPropertyValueCount, getPropertyValueLiteral, getPropertyValueLiterals, getPropertyValues, getPropertyValues, getPropertyValuesAs, getProtegeType, getProtegeTypes, getRDFProperties, getRDFType, getRDFTypes, getReferringAnonymousClasses, getSameAs, getURI, getVersionInfo, hasPropertyValue, hasPropertyValue, hasPropertyValue, hasPropertyValue, hasProtegeType, hasProtegeType, hasRDFType, hasRDFType, isAnonymous, isValidPropertyValue, isVisible, listPropertyValues, listPropertyValues, listPropertyValuesAs, listRDFTypes, removeComment, removeDifferentFrom, removeIsDefinedBy, removeLabel, removePropertyValue, removePropertyValueListener, removeProtegeType, removeRDFType, removeResourceListener, removeSameAs, removeVersionInfo, setComment, setComments, setInferredTypes, setPropertyValue, setPropertyValues, setProtegeType, setProtegeTypes, setRDFType, setRDFTypes, setVisible`

Methods inherited from interface edu.stanford.smi.protegex.owl.model.ProtegeInstance
`addDirectType, addFrameListener, addInstanceListener, addOwnFacetValue, addOwnSlotValue, areValidOwnSlotValues, copy, deepCopy, getDirectOwnSlotValue, getDirectOwnSlotValues, getDirectType, getDirectTypes, getIcon, getInvalidOwnSlotValuesText, getInvalidOwnSlotValueText, getKnowledgeBase, getOwnFacetValue, getOwnFacetValues, getOwnSlotAllowsMultipleValues, getOwnSlotAndSubslotValues, getOwnSlotDefaultValues, getOwnSlotFacets, getOwnSlotFacetValues, getOwnSlots, getOwnSlotValue, getOwnSlotValueCount, getOwnSlotValues, getOwnSlotValueType, getProject, getReachableSimpleInstances, getReferences, getReferences, hasDirectType, hasOwnSlot, hasType, isBeingDeleted, isDeleted, isEditable, isIncluded, isSystem, isValidOwnSlotValue, markDeleted, markDeleting, removeDirectType, removeFrameListener, removeInstanceListener, removeOwnSlotValue, setDirectOwnSlotValue, setDirectOwnSlotValues, setDirectType, setDirectTypes, setDocumentation, setEditable, setIncluded, setOwnFacetValue, setOwnFacetValues, setOwnSlotValue, setOwnSlotValues, shallowCopy`

Methods inherited from interface edu.stanford.smi.protege.model.Instance
`moveDirectType`

Methods inherited from interface edu.stanford.smi.protege.model.Frame
`assertFrameName, getFrameID, isValid, moveDirectOwnSlotValue`

Methods inherited from interface java.lang.Comparable
`compareTo`

Methods inherited from interface edu.stanford.smi.protegex.owl.model.RDFObject
`equalsStructurally`

Methods inherited from interface edu.stanford.smi.protegex.owl.model.visitor.Visitable
`accept`

Methods inherited from interface edu.stanford.smi.protegex.owl.model.Deprecatable
`isDeprecated, setDeprecated`

Method Detail

### addEquivalentProperty

    void addEquivalentProperty(RDFProperty property)

  Adds a property to the list of equivalent properties of this. This will add an owl:equivalentProperty statement.

  Parameters:
    `property` - the property to declare to be equivalent to this

### addPropertyListener

    void addPropertyListener(PropertyListener listener)

  Adds a PropertyListener to receive events on changes in the property. Note that for the sake of backward compatibility this currenty needs to take a PropertyAdapter as argument, but this may later change to take a real PropertyListener.

  Parameters:
    `listener` - the PropertyListener to add (must be a PropertyAdapter)

### addSuperproperty

    void addSuperproperty(RDFProperty superProperty)

  Adds a property to the super properties of this. This will add an rdfs:subPropertyOf statement.

  Parameters:
    `superProperty` - the new super property

### addUnionDomainClass

    void addUnionDomainClass(RDFSClass domainClass)

  Adss a class to the domain of this, applying union semantics. This means that if there is already a class in the domain, then the union of the existing class and the new class is taken as domain. If the first entry of the current domain is a union class, then the new class is added to the union.

  Parameters:
    `domainClass` - the new domain class

### getDomain

    RDFSClass getDomain(boolean includingSuperproperties)

  Gets the first value of the rdfs:domain property. Note that in most cases, this is only one value (possibly a union class).

  Parameters:
    `includingSuperproperties` - true to also consider superproperties
  Returns:
    the first value of rdfs:domain or null

### getDomains

    Collection getDomains(boolean includingSuperproperties)

  Gets the values of the rdfs:domain property. Note that in most cases, this is only one value (possibly a union class).

  Parameters:
    `includingSuperproperties` - true to also consider superproperties
  Returns:
    the values of rdfs:domain

### getEquivalentProperties

    Collection getEquivalentProperties()

  Gets the equivalent slots of this.

  Returns:
    a Collection of OWLProperty objects

### getFirstSuperproperty

    RDFProperty getFirstSuperproperty()

  Gets the first superproperty of this (if any exists).

  Returns:
    the first superproperty or null

### getInheritedIcon

    Icon getInheritedIcon()

### getInverseProperty

    RDFProperty getInverseProperty()

  Gets the inverse property of this.

  Returns:
    the inverse property or null if none is defined

### getRange

    RDFResource getRange()

  Equivalent to `getRange(false)`.

  Returns:
    the (direct) range of this

### getRange

    RDFResource getRange(boolean includingSuperproperties)

  Gets the range defined at this. This will return the first of the direct values of the rdfs:range property defined at this property, regardless of other values (which would be interpreted as an intersection.

  Parameters:
    `includingSuperproperties` - true to also consider superproperties
  Returns:
    the range of this
  See Also:
    `setRange(edu.stanford.smi.protegex.owl.model.RDFResource)`, `hasDatatypeRange()`, `hasObjectRange()`

### getRangeDatatype

    RDFSDatatype getRangeDatatype()

  Gets the direct or inherited RDFSDatatype of this. If the range of this is an RDFSDatatype, this will return that type. If the range of this is an OWLDataRange, this will return the type of the first element in the datarange. In all other cases, this will return null. If there is no local range defined at this property, the method will recurse into superproperties.

  Returns:
    the RDFSDatatype

### getRanges

    Collection getRanges(boolean includingSuperproperties)

  Gets all range definitions at this (or optionally its superproperties).

  Parameters:
    `includingSuperproperties` - true to also consider superproperties
  Returns:
    the ranges of this

### getSubproperties

    Collection getSubproperties(boolean transitive)

  Gets the subproperties of this, and possibly the subproperties of the subproperties etc.

  Parameters:
    `transitive` - true to get subproperties recursively
  Returns:
    a collection of RDFProperty

### getSubpropertyCount

    int getSubpropertyCount()

  Gets the number of properties that have this as rdfs:subPropertyOf.

  Returns:
    the number of (direct) subproperties

### getSuperproperties

    Collection getSuperproperties(boolean transitive)

  Gets the superproperties of this, and possibly the superproperties of the superproperties etc.

  Parameters:
    `transitive` - true to get superproperties recursively
  Returns:
    a collection of RDFProperty

### getSuperpropertyCount

    int getSuperpropertyCount()

  Gets the number of values of the rdfs:subPropertyOf properties.

  Returns:
    the number of (direct) superproperties

### getUnionDomain

    Collection getUnionDomain()

  Equivalent to `getUnionDomain(false)`.

  Returns:
    the direct (union) domain

### getUnionDomain

    Collection getUnionDomain(boolean includingSuperproperties)

  Gets the domain of this, with union semantics. This means, that if the first entry of the domain is a union class, then the operands of the union will be returned. If the argument is true, then the method will recurse into the superproperties if the local domain of this property is not defined, i.e. the domain is only inherited.

  Parameters:
    `includingSuperproperties` - true to walk up the superproperty tree
  Returns:
    the union domain of this

### getUnionRangeClasses

    Collection getUnionRangeClasses()

  Gets the range of this with union semantics. This means that if the first entry of the range is a union class, then the operands of the union will be returned.

  Returns:
    a Collection of RDFSClass

### hasDatatypeRange

    boolean hasDatatypeRange()

  Checks whether this can take only primitive, datatype values. This is true if the range of this (or its superproperties) only consists of RDFSDatatype or an OWLDataRange, or if this is an owl:DatatypeProperty.

  Returns:

### hasObjectRange

    boolean hasObjectRange()

  Checks whether this can take only object/reference values. This is true if the range of this (or its superproperties) only consists of RDFSClasses (or if this is an owl:ObjectProperty).

  Returns:

### hasRange

    boolean hasRange(boolean includingSuperproperties)

  Checks whether this has any concrete range definition. Optionally this can be extended to its superproperties.

  Parameters:
    `includingSuperproperties` - true to also look at the range of the superproperties
  Returns:
    true if this has an rdfs:range statement (or its superproperties)

### isAnnotationProperty

    boolean isAnnotationProperty()

  Checks whether this Slot is an OWL AnnotationProperty. Annotation properties are used to assign arbitrary metadata (mostly strings) to resources. In contrast to normal properties, they are ignored by most algorithms.

  Returns:
    true if this is an annotation property

### isDomainDefined

    boolean isDomainDefined()

  Checks whether the domain of this property has been explicitly defined. This only checks for the direct domain, i.e. it does not check for the domain definitions in possible superproperties. This is comparable to `isDomainDefined(false)`.

  Returns:
    true if the (direct) domain is defined

### isDomainDefined

    boolean isDomainDefined(boolean transitive)

  Checks whether the domain of this property has been explicitly defined. A top-level property does not have a direct domain defined, iff its domain contains owl:Thing. A subproperty does not have a direct domain defined, if it's value of the rdfs:domain property is null.

  Parameters:
    `transitive` - true to also consider the superproperties recursively
  Returns:
    true if the domain is defined

### isFunctional

    boolean isFunctional()

  Checks whether this is a functional property. A property is functional if it either has the rdf:type owl:FunctionalProperty or one of its superproperties is functional.

  Returns:
    true if this is functional

### isRangeDefined

    boolean isRangeDefined()

  Checks whether this property defines its own range. This is true for all top-level properties. Subproperties have no range defined if they don't overload the inherited range from the superproperties.

  Returns:
    true if the range of this has been defined

### isReadOnly

    boolean isReadOnly()

  Checks if the values of this slot should be treated as read-only. This is typically true when the protege:readOnly annotation property has the value true on this property.

  Returns:
    true if this is read only

### isSubpropertyOf

    boolean isSubpropertyOf(RDFProperty superproperty,
                            boolean transitive)

  Checks if this is a subproperty of a given superproperty.

  Parameters:
    `superproperty` - the potential superproperty
    `transitive` - true to traverse the superproperty hierarchy recursively
  Returns:
    true if this is a subproperty of superproperty

### removeEquivalentProperty

    void removeEquivalentProperty(OWLProperty property)

  Removes a property from the list of equivalent properties.

  Parameters:
    `property` - the equivalent property to remove

### removePropertyListener

    void removePropertyListener(PropertyListener listener)

  Removes a PropertyListener to receive events on changes in the property. Note that for the sake of backward compatibility this currenty needs to take a PropertyAdapter as argument, but this may later change to take a real PropertyListener.

  Parameters:
    `listener` - the PropertyListener to remove (must be a PropertyAdapter)

### removeSuperproperty

    void removeSuperproperty(RDFProperty superproperty)

  Removes a superproperty.

  Parameters:
    `superproperty` - the property to remove from the superproperties

### removeUnionDomainClass

    void removeUnionDomainClass(RDFSClass domainClass)

  Removes a domain class, with union semantics.

  Parameters:
    `domainClass` - the domain class to remove from the domain

### setDomain

    void setDomain(RDFSClass domainClass)

  Sets the value of rdfs:domain to the given class.

  Parameters:
    `domainClass` - the new domain

### setDomains

    void setDomains(Collection domainClasses)

  Sets the values of the rdfs:domain property at this.

  Parameters:
    `domainClasses` - the new domains (RDFSClasses)

### setDomainDefined

    void setDomainDefined(boolean value)

  Specifies whether the domain of this property is defined or not. This will first empty the domain of this. Then, if the new value is false, it either adds owl:Thing to the domain (if this does not have superproperties), or sets the domain to null (if this has superproperties).

### setEquivalentProperties

    void setEquivalentProperties(Collection properties)

  Sets the equivalent properties of this.

  Parameters:
    `properties` - a Collection of RDFProperty objects

### setFunctional

    void setFunctional(boolean value)

  Adds or removes owl:FunctionalProperty to/from the rdf:types of this.

  Parameters:
    `value` - true to make this a functional property, false to make this unfunctional

### setInverseProperty

    void setInverseProperty(RDFProperty inverseProperty)

  Sets the inverse property of this.

  Parameters:
    `inverseProperty` - the new inverse property or null to clear the value

### setRange

    void setRange(RDFResource range)

  Sets the rdfs:range of this. The range of a property defines the types of valid values that it can take anywhere. The range can consist of RDFSClasses, RDFDatatypes or RDFDataRanges. If this is supposed to hold datatype values, then a typical range would be `OWLModel.getXSDint`. If this is supposed to hold instances of multiple classes, you can pass in a union class. Note that this call will completely replace any previous ranges of this.

  Parameters:
    `range` - the new range of this property or null to delete the range

### setRanges

    void setRanges(Collection ranges)

  Sets all ranges of this (in the unlikely case that multiple are needed).

  Parameters:
    `ranges` - a Collection of RDFResources (possibly empty)
  See Also:
    `setRange(edu.stanford.smi.protegex.owl.model.RDFResource)`

### setUnionRangeClasses

    void setUnionRangeClasses(Collection classes)

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