org.w3c.rdf.model
Interface VirtualModel

All Superinterfaces:
Model, RDFNode, Resource
All Known Implementing Classes:
UMLModel, RDFSchemaModel

public interface VirtualModel
extends Model

A virtual model may deliver additional facts besides those explicitly contained in the model. For example, a virtual model may contain infinitely many non-materialized facts.


Method Summary
 Model getGroundModel()
           
 
Methods inherited from interface org.w3c.rdf.model.Model
add, contains, create, duplicate, elements, find, getNodeFactory, getSourceURI, isEmpty, isMutable, remove, setSourceURI, size
 
Methods inherited from interface org.w3c.rdf.model.Resource
getLocalName, getNamespace, getURI
 
Methods inherited from interface org.w3c.rdf.model.RDFNode
getLabel
 

Method Detail

getGroundModel

public Model getGroundModel()
                     throws ModelException
Returns:
model contains the fact basis of this model