org.semanticweb.elk.owl.managers
Class ElkEntityRecycler

java.lang.Object
  org.semanticweb.elk.owl.managers.ElkEntityRecycler

All Implemented Interfaces:

ElkObjectRecycler

public class ElkEntityRecycler
extends Object
implements ElkObjectRecycler

A ElkObjectRecycler that reuses ElkEntitys. If ElkObjectRecycler.recycle(ElkObject) is called on two structurally equivalent ElkEntitys (i.e., with the same ElkIris), the same object will be obtained in the output, unless one of the output ElkEntitys has been garbage collected (i.e., is not used anymore). It does not recycle other types of ElkObjects, and simply returns them as the output.

Author:

Frantisek Simancik, "Yevgeny Kazakov"

Constructor Summary

ElkEntityRecycler()

Method Summary

ElkObject

recycle(ElkObject object) Process the given ElkObject and either return itself, or another (previously processed) ElkObject that is structurally equivalent to the given one.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

ElkEntityRecycler

public ElkEntityRecycler()

Method Detail

recycle

public ElkObject recycle(ElkObject object)

Description copied from interface: ElkObjectRecycler

Process the given ElkObject and either return itself, or another (previously processed) ElkObject that is structurally equivalent to the given one.

Specified by:

recycle in interface ElkObjectRecycler

Parameters:

object - the input ElkObject which should be processed

Returns:

an ElkObject that is structurally equivalent to the given object