In the older OpenCyc Java API, it was possible to create a simple Cyc term by calling something like
new CycConstant("Cat", new Guid("bd590573-9c29-11b1-9dad-c379636f7270"))
When you do it this way, there's no round-trip to the server. With the new KB API (http://dev.cyc.com/cyc-api/kb-api.html), is there a way to do something like this, or is a call back to the server required in this API?
Yes, KB API has to make at least one call to Cyc Server.
All KB API objects (with some exceptions) have a deprecated get method that takes underlying Base API objects.
For example, KBCollectionImpl.get(CycObject) is relevant for concept "Cat".
CycConstant catHL = new CycConstant("Cat", new Guid("bd590573-9c29-11b1-9dad-c379636f7270"));
KBCollection catEL = KBCollectionImpl.get(catHL);
This will help the API, by locating the HL term, which the API would have to if given only a string.
But to verify that the concept "Cat" in indeed a Collection, and to further make it an object of FirstOrderCollection, the API needs access to Cyc server.
Potentially we could, in a future version, relax this requirement if the user is certain and allow them to disable the check.
