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## edu.stanford.smi.protegex.owl.repository
Interface Repository

All Known Implementing Classes:
  AbstractLocalRepository, AbstractStreamBasedRepositoryImpl, DatabaseRepository, DublinCoreDLVersionRedirectRepository, ForcedURLRetrievalRepository, FTPRepository, HTTPRepository, LocalFileRepository, LocalFolderRepository, ProtegeOWLPluginFolderRepository, RelativeFileRepository, RelativeFolderRepository

    public interface Repository

User: matthewhorridge
The University Of Manchester
Medical Informatics Group
Date: Sep 12, 2005

matthew.horridge@cs.man.ac.uk
www.cs.man.ac.uk/~horridgm

Method Summary
`boolean` | `contains(URI ontologyName)` Determines if the repository contains the specified ontology.
`Collection<URI>` | `getOntologies()` Gets the name of the ontologies that this repository contains.
`String` | `getOntologyLocationDescription(URI ontologyName)` Gets a description of where the specified ontology is located.
`OutputStream` | `getOutputStream(URI ontologyName)` Gets an output stream which can be used to write changes to the specified ontology.
`String` | `getRepositoryDescription()` Gets a description of the type of the repository.
`String` | `getRepositoryDescriptor()` Gets the descriptor for this repository.
`boolean` | `hasOutputStream(URI ontologyName)` Determines if the ontology is writable through an output stream.
`boolean` | `isSystem()` Determines if the ontology repository is a system repository.
`boolean` | `isWritable(URI ontologyName)` Determines if the specified ontology is writable.
`TripleStore` | `loadImportedAssertions(OWLModel owlModel, URI ontologyName)`
`void` | `refresh()` Causes the repository to contain the latest information.

Method Detail

### contains

    boolean contains(URI ontologyName)

  Determines if the repository contains the specified ontology.

  Parameters:
    `ontologyName` - The name of the ontology.

### refresh

    void refresh()

  Causes the repository to contain the latest information.

### getOntologies

    Collection<URI> getOntologies()

  Gets the name of the ontologies that this repository contains.

  Returns:
    A `Collection` containing `URI`s.

### isSystem

    boolean isSystem()

  Determines if the ontology repository is a system repository.

### getRepositoryDescription

    String getRepositoryDescription()

  Gets a description of the type of the repository. For example, "Local folder".

### getOntologyLocationDescription

    String getOntologyLocationDescription(URI ontologyName)

  Gets a description of where the specified ontology is located.

  Parameters:
    `ontologyName` - The name of the ontology.
  Returns:
    A `String` description of the location of the ontology, for example, "file:/Users/Blah/Blah/Blah". This return value will be an empty `String` if the repository does not contain the specified ontology.

### getRepositoryDescriptor

    String getRepositoryDescriptor()

  Gets the descriptor for this repository. This is used to serialise the repository in a list of the available repositories.

### loadImportedAssertions

    TripleStore loadImportedAssertions(OWLModel owlModel,
                                       URI ontologyName)
                                       throws edu.stanford.smi.protege.exception.OntologyLoadException

  Parameters:
    `owlModel` - the model to add the import to
    `ontologyName` - the ontology name to use to look up the imported ontology.
  Throws:
    `edu.stanford.smi.protege.exception.OntologyLoadException`

### isWritable

    boolean isWritable(URI ontologyName)

  Determines if the specified ontology is writable.

  Parameters:
    `ontologyName` -
  Returns:
    `true` if the ontology is writable, or `false` if the ontology is not writable.

### hasOutputStream

    boolean hasOutputStream(URI ontologyName)

  Determines if the ontology is writable through an output stream. Can only be true if the ontology is writable.

### getOutputStream

    OutputStream getOutputStream(URI ontologyName)
                                 throws IOException

  Gets an output stream which can be used to write changes to the specified ontology.

  Parameters:
    `ontologyName` - The ontology to be written
  Returns:
    an `OutputStream` that can be used to write changes to the ontology, or `null` if the ontology is not writable.
  Throws:
    `IOException`

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