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## edu.stanford.smi.protegex.owl.model.triplestore
Interface TripleWriter

All Known Implementing Classes:
  DelegatingTripleWriter, JenaMemoryTripleWriter, TripleStoreFilterTripleWriter

    public interface TripleWriter

An interface for objects that can write Triples into a file or other stream. This can be used as a uniform way of generating OWL files.

The usual contract to use TripleWriters is

1. `init()`
2. `writePrefix()`*
3. `addImport()`*
4. `write()`*
5. `close()`

Author:
  Holger Knublauch

Method Summary
`void` | `addImport(String uri)` Adds an owl:imports statement to the default ontology in this writer.
`void` | `close()` Tells the writer that we're finished.
`void` | `init(String baseURI)` Initializes this writer to work with a given base URI.
`void` | `write(RDFResource resource, RDFProperty property, Object object)` Writes a given Triples into this writer.
`void` | `writePrefix(String prefix, String namespace)` Writes a prefix declaration into this writer.

Method Detail

### addImport

    void addImport(String uri)

  Adds an owl:imports statement to the default ontology in this writer. This is a convenience method because the same can typically be achieved by adding a corresponding triple.

  Parameters:
    `uri` - the URI to add

### close

    void close()
               throws Exception

  Tells the writer that we're finished. This method should be called at the end of a writing process. After this method has been called, no other calls to this object are permitted.

  Throws:
    `Exception`

### init

    void init(String baseURI)

  Initializes this writer to work with a given base URI. This URI will also be the URI of the default ontology in this file, and future calls of `addImport` will add to this ontology.

  Parameters:
    `baseURI` - the base URI, such as `http://www.a.com/ontology.owl`

### write

    void write(RDFResource resource,
               RDFProperty property,
               Object object)
               throws Exception

  Writes a given Triples into this writer.

  Throws:
    `Exception`

### writePrefix

    void writePrefix(String prefix,
                     String namespace)
                     throws Exception

  Writes a prefix declaration into this writer. Since namespace declarations are typically written to the beginning of a file, implementations of this method may require that any calls to this method are done before the first triple is written out.

  Parameters:
    `prefix` - the prefix to define ("" for the default namespace)
    `namespace` - the namespace to assign to the prefix
  Throws:
    `Exception`

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