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+/**
+ * Copyright (c) 2013/2014 Verein zur Foerderung der IT-Sicherheit in Oesterreich (SBA).
+ * The work has been developed in the TIMBUS Project and the above-mentioned are Members of the TIMBUS Consortium.
+ * TIMBUS is supported by the European Union under the 7th Framework Programme for research and technological
+ * development and demonstration activities (FP7/2007-2013) under grant agreement no. 269940.
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with
+ * the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at: http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software distributed under the License is distributed on
+ * an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied, including without
+ * limitation, any warranties or conditions of TITLE, NON-INFRINGEMENT, MERCHANTIBITLY, or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR
+ * PURPOSE. In no event and under no legal theory, whether in tort (including negligence), contract, or otherwise,
+ * unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, shall any Contributor be liable for damages, including
+ * any direct, indirect, special, incidental, or consequential damages of any character arising as a result of this
+ * License or out of the use or inability to use the Work.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and limitation under the License.
+ */
+package org.sba_research.timbus.kb.importer;
+
+import org.sbaresearch.owl.OwlApiFacade;
+import org.sbaresearch.owl.OwlElementNotFoundException;
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+
+public interface DataImporter {
+
+ /**
+ * Fetches a information from a datasource in order to populate an ontology.
+ * The schema of the ontology can be found in ontologies/kb_tool_strategies.owl. This ontology needs to be imported in the
+ * owl that is to be populated, as it is referenced to it's classes.
+ *
+ * @param owl The ontology to populate
+ * @param kb The namespace of the class elements
+ * @throws IOException
+ * @throws OwlElementNotFoundException
+ * @throws DataImporterException
+ */
+ void populate(OwlApiFacade owl, String kb) throws IOException, OwlElementNotFoundException, DataImporterException;
+}
+