/**
* Answer a list of the named hierarchy roots of a given {@link OntModel}. This will be similar to
* the results of {@link OntModel#listHierarchyRootClasses()}, with the added constraint that
* every member of the returned iterator will be a named class, not an anonymous class expression.
* The named root classes are calculated from the root classes, by recursively replacing every
* anonymous class with its direct sub-classes. Thus it can be seen that the values in the list
* consists of the shallowest fringe of named classes in the hierarchy.
*
* @param m An ontology model
* @return A list of classes whose members are the named root classes of the class hierarchy in
* <code>m</code>
*/
public static List<OntClass> namedHierarchyRoots(OntModel m) {
List<OntClass> nhr = new ArrayList<OntClass>(); // named roots
List<OntClass> ahr = new ArrayList<OntClass>(); // anon roots
// do the initial partition of the root classes
partitionByNamed(m.listHierarchyRootClasses(), nhr, ahr);
// now push the fringe down until we have only named classes
while (!ahr.isEmpty()) {
OntClass c = ahr.remove(0);
partitionByNamed(c.listSubClasses(true), nhr, ahr);
}
return nhr;
}
/**
* Answer the shortest path from the <code>start</code> resource to the <code>end</code> RDF node,
* such that every step on the path is accepted by the given filter. A path is a {@link List} of
* RDF {@link Statement}s. The subject of the first statement in the list is <code>start</code>,
* and the object of the last statement in the list is <code>end</code>.
*
* <p>The <code>onPath</code> argument is a {@link Filter}, which accepts a statement and returns
* true if the statement should be considered to be on the path. To search for an unconstrained
* path, pass {@link Filter#any} as an argument. To search for a path whose predicates match a
* fixed restricted set of property names, pass an instance of {@link PredicatesFilter}.
*
* <p>If there is more than one path of minimal length from <code>start</code> to <code>end</code>
* , this method returns an arbitrary one. The algorithm is blind breadth-first search, with loop
* detection.
*
* @param m The model in which we are seeking a path
* @param start The starting resource
* @param end The end, or goal, node
* @param onPath A filter which determines whether a given statement can be considered part of the
* path
* @return A path, consisting of a list of statements whose first subject is <code>start</code>,
* and whose last object is <code>end</code>, or null if no such path exists.
*/
public static Path findShortestPath(
Model m, Resource start, RDFNode end, Filter<Statement> onPath) {
List<Path> bfs = new LinkedList<Path>();
Set<Resource> seen = new HashSet<Resource>();
// initialise the paths
for (Iterator<Statement> i = m.listStatements(start, null, (RDFNode) null).filterKeep(onPath);
i.hasNext(); ) {
bfs.add(new Path().append(i.next()));
}
// search
Path solution = null;
while (solution == null && !bfs.isEmpty()) {
Path candidate = bfs.remove(0);
if (candidate.hasTerminus(end)) {
solution = candidate;
} else {
Resource terminus = candidate.getTerminalResource();
if (terminus != null) {
seen.add(terminus);
// breadth-first expansion
for (Iterator<Statement> i = terminus.listProperties().filterKeep(onPath);
i.hasNext(); ) {
Statement link = i.next();
// no looping allowed, so we skip this link if it takes us to a node we've seen
if (!seen.contains(link.getObject())) {
bfs.add(candidate.append(link));
}
}
}
}
}
return solution;
}