com.clarkparsia.pellet.rules

Class UsableRuleFilter

java.lang.Object

com.clarkparsia.pellet.rules.UsableRuleFilter

public class UsableRuleFilter
extends Object

Title: Usable Rule Filter

Description: An iterable returning only rules that can be used by pellet, discarding and warning about all others.

Copyright: Copyright (c) 2007

Company: Clark & Parsia, LLC.

Author:

Ron Alford, Evren Sirin

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
UsableRuleFilter()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
static String	explainNotUsable(Rule rule) Returns a string explaining why a rule cannot be used for reasoning, or null if the rule can be used for reasoning
static boolean	isUsable(Rule rule) Checks if a rule can be used for reasoning.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

UsableRuleFilter

public UsableRuleFilter()

Method Detail

isUsable

public static boolean isUsable(Rule rule)

Checks if a rule can be used for reasoning.

Parameters:

rule - rule to check

Returns:

true if rule can be used for reasoning

explainNotUsable

public static String explainNotUsable(Rule rule)

Returns a string explaining why a rule cannot be used for reasoning, or null if the rule can be used for reasoning

Parameters:

rule - rule to check

Returns:

a string explaining why a rule cannot be used for reasoning, or null if the rule can be used for reasoning