org.autosemantix.comparator
Class Comparator

java.lang.Object
  org.autosemantix.comparator.Comparator

public class Comparator

extends java.lang.Object

This class is reposonsible for comparing ontologies and determining which changes have occured. The list of changes is saved as an XML log which can be used by other components to manipulate the implementation and provide documentation.

Version:

Created on Jul 20, 2005

Author:

Shawn Simister

Constructor Summary

Comparator(Project project)

Method Summary

DeltaLog

analyze(java.lang.String ont2) Compare two version of an ontology to find which changes have occured.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

Comparator

public Comparator(Project project)

Method Detail

analyze

public DeltaLog analyze(java.lang.String ont2)

Compare two version of an ontology to find which changes have occured.

Parameters:

ont2 - The current version of the ontology.

Returns:

A log of the differences between all different versions of the ontology.