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     Portions Copyright (c) 2009-10 Zepheira LLC, Some Rights Reserved
     Portions Copyright (c) 2010-11 Talis Inc, Some Rights Reserved
  
     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
  
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     See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
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   */
  package org.callimachusproject.engine.model;
  
  import org.callimachusproject.engine.impl.AbsoluteTermFactoryImpl;
  import org.callimachusproject.engine.impl.GraphNodePathImpl;
  
  /**
   * Factory class for RDF terms.
   * 
   * @author James Leigh
   *
   */
  public abstract class AbsoluteTermFactory {
  	public static AbsoluteTermFactory newInstance() {
  		return new AbsoluteTermFactoryImpl();
  	}
  	
  	public abstract Var var(char prefix, String name);
  	
  	public abstract Var var(String name);
  
  	public abstract GraphNodePathImpl path(String path);
  
  	public abstract IRI iri(String iri);
  
  	public abstract Reference reference(String absolute, String relative);
  
  	public abstract CURIE curie(String ns, String reference, String prefix);
  
  	public abstract PlainLiteral literal(String label, String lang);
  
  	public abstract Literal literal(String label, IRI datatype);
  
  	public abstract Node node(String id);
  
  	public abstract Node node();
  
  	public PlainLiteral literal(String label) {
  		return literal(label, (String) null);
  	}
  }
  