[OWLAPI-developer] How to check OWLClass already exists

[Smily T. <smi...@gm...>]

Hi,

How to check whether an OWLClass already exists in the ontology,Given its
name.

I tried :

    OWLClass class = factory.getOWLClass(URI.create(base +"#"+label)); //
label is the name of an existing class);

    return class.isDefined(ontology));

It returned false.

Have a cheerful day!