de.fzi.kadmos.api
Interface AlignmentFactory

All Known Implementing Classes:

SimpleAlignmentFactory

public interface AlignmentFactory

Abstract factory interface for creating Alignment objects.

Developers providing alignment implementations are encouraged to implement a corresponding factory and place it in the same package as the alignment implementation class.

Since:

1.0.0

Version:

1.3.0

Author:

Juergen Bock

See Also:

Alignment

Method Summary

Alignment

createAlignment(OWLOntology ontology1, OWLOntology ontology2) Creates a new alignment of two ontologies.

Method Detail

createAlignment

Alignment createAlignment(OWLOntology ontology1,
                          OWLOntology ontology2)

Creates a new alignment of two ontologies.

Parameters:

ontology1 - First ontology of the alignment to be created.

ontology2 - Second ontology of the alignment to be created.

Returns:

The newly created alignment.

Since:

1.0.0