ubic.basecode.ontology

Class OntologyLoader

java.lang.Object

ubic.basecode.ontology.OntologyLoader

public class OntologyLoader
extends Object

Reads ontologies from OWL resources

Author:

paul

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
OntologyLoader()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
static boolean	deleteOldCache(String cacheName)
static File	getDiskCachePath(String name)
static boolean	hasChanged(String cacheName)
static com.hp.hpl.jena.ontology.OntModel	loadMemoryModel(InputStream is, String url) Load an ontology into memory.
static com.hp.hpl.jena.ontology.OntModel	loadMemoryModel(String url) Load an ontology into memory.
static com.hp.hpl.jena.ontology.OntModel	loadMemoryModel(String url, String cacheName) Load an ontology into memory.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

OntologyLoader

public OntologyLoader()

Method Detail

loadMemoryModel

public static com.hp.hpl.jena.ontology.OntModel loadMemoryModel(InputStream is,
                                                                String url)

Load an ontology into memory. Use this type of model when fast access is critical and memory is available.

loadMemoryModel

public static com.hp.hpl.jena.ontology.OntModel loadMemoryModel(String url)

Load an ontology into memory. Use this type of model when fast access is critical and memory is available.

See Also:

loadMemoryModel(String, String)

loadMemoryModel

public static com.hp.hpl.jena.ontology.OntModel loadMemoryModel(String url,
                                                                String cacheName)

Load an ontology into memory. Use this type of model when fast access is critical and memory is available. If load from URL fails, attempt to load from disk cache under @cacheName.

Uses OntModelSpec.OWL_MEM_TRANS_INF.

Parameters:

url - a URL where the OWL file is stored

cacheName - unique name of this ontology, will be used to load from disk in case of failed url connection

hasChanged

public static boolean hasChanged(String cacheName)

deleteOldCache

public static boolean deleteOldCache(String cacheName)

getDiskCachePath

public static File getDiskCachePath(String name)

Parameters:

name -

Returns: