/* This file is part of the Nepomuk-KDE libraries
   Copyright (c) 2007 Sebastian Trueg <trueg@kde.org>

   This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
   modify it under the terms of the GNU Library General Public
   License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
   version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.

   This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
   but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
   Library General Public License for more details.

   You should have received a copy of the GNU Library General Public License
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   the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor,
   Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA.
*/

#ifndef _NEPOMUK2_ONTOLOGY_H_
#define _NEPOMUK2_ONTOLOGY_H_

#include <QtCore/QList>
#include <QtCore/QUrl>
#include <QtCore/QString>
#include <QtCore/QSharedData>

#include "entity.h"
#include "nepomuk_export.h"


namespace Nepomuk2 {
    namespace Types {

        class Class;
        class Property;

        /**
         * \class Ontology ontology.h Nepomuk2/Types/Ontology
         *
         * \brief Represents one ontology.
         *
         * \author Sebastian Trueg <trueg@kde.org>
         */
        class NEPOMUK_EXPORT Ontology : public Entity
        {
        public:
            /**
             * Default constructor. Creates an empty Ontology.
             */
            Ontology();

            /**
             * Create the ontology referred to by \p uri.
             * The result is either a valid ontology which could be loaded from the
             * Nepomuk store or a simple class which only contains the uri.
             *
             * Be aware that the data is only loaded once read.
             *
             * Subsequent calls result in a simple hash lookup of cached data.
             */
            Ontology( const QUrl& uri );

            /**
             * Default copy constructor
             */
            Ontology( const Ontology& );

            /**
             * Destructor
             */
            ~Ontology();

            Ontology& operator=( const Ontology& );

            /**
             * All classes defined in this ontology, i.e. its namespace.
             */
            QList<Class> allClasses();

            /**
             * Search for a class in the ontology by its name.
             * \param name The name of the class.
             * \return the Class object identified by name or an invalid one if the class could not be found.
             */
            Class findClassByName( const QString& name );

            /**
             * Search for a class in the ontology by its label.
             * \param label The label of the class (i.e. rdfs:label)
             * \param language The language in which the label was specified. If empty the default rdfs:label
             * is returned.
             * \return the Class object identified by label or an invalid one if the class could not be found.
             */
            Class findClassByLabel( const QString& label, const QString& language = QString() );

            /**
             * A list of all properties defined in this ontology. This does not include properties that use
             * classes of this ontology but are defined in a different one.
             */
            QList<Property> allProperties();

            /**
             * Search for a property in the ontology by its name.
             * \param name The name of the property.
             * \return the Property object identified by name or an invalid one if the property could not be found.
             */
            Property findPropertyByName( const QString& name );

            /**
             * Search for a property in the ontology by its label.
             * \param label The label of the property (i.e. rdfs:label)
             * \param language The language in which the label was specified. If empty the default rdfs:label
             * is returned.
             * \return the Property object identified by label or an invalid one if the property could not be found.
             */
            Property findPropertyByLabel( const QString& label, const QString& language = QString() );
        };
    }
}

#endif