com.meyling.principia.logic.basic
Class BasicPredicateVariablePatternVariable

java.lang.Object
  com.meyling.principia.argument.AbstractArgument
      com.meyling.principia.argument.PatternVariable
          com.meyling.principia.logic.basic.BasicPatternVariable
              com.meyling.principia.logic.basic.BasicPredicateVariablePatternVariable

All Implemented Interfaces:

Argument, Comparable, CounterMarker, Formula

public class BasicPredicateVariablePatternVariable

extends BasicPatternVariable

implements Formula

Pattern variable, for matching purposes.

Version:

$Revision: 1.6 $

Author:

Michael Meyling

Constructor Summary

BasicPredicateVariablePatternVariable(Argument[] arguments)
Constructs a pattern variable.

Method Summary

Argument	create(Argument[] arguments) Create a new Argument with given arguments.
SubjectVariables	getBoundSubjectVariables() Get all bounded subject variables.
SubjectVariables	getFreeSubjectVariables() Get all free subject variables.
Formula	getPartFormula(int i) Get the requested part formula
int	getPartFormulaSize() Get the number of part formulas that this formula contains.
PatternVariables	getPatternVariables() Get all pattern variables that occur in this argument.
SubjectVariables	getSubjectVariables() Get all subject variables that occur in this formula.
boolean	isMatching(Argument argument) Is the argument matching the pattern variable?
Formula	replaceBoundSubjectVariable(Enumerator counter, int occurance, SubjectVariable search, SubjectVariable replacement) Replace the occurrence-th occurence of a bound SubjectVariable by another one.
Formula	replaceBoundSubjectVariables(Enumerator counter) Replace every bound SubjectVariable by a BasicSubjectVariablePatternVariable
String	toString() Get the argument in String form.

Methods inherited from class com.meyling.principia.argument.PatternVariable

compareTo, containsPatternVariables, copy, getArgument, getArgumentSize, getContent, getNumber, setContent

Methods inherited from class com.meyling.principia.argument.AbstractArgument

equals, getHighestNumber, getReplacementParents, getSearchParents, hashCode, matches, matches, replace, replace, replace, replaceMatches

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, finalize, getClass, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Methods inherited from interface com.meyling.principia.argument.Argument

containsPatternVariables, copy, equals, getArgument, getArgumentSize, getReplacementParents, getSearchParents, hashCode, matches, matches, replace, replace, replace, replaceMatches

Methods inherited from interface com.meyling.principia.argument.CounterMarker

getNumber

Constructor Detail

BasicPredicateVariablePatternVariable

public BasicPredicateVariablePatternVariable(Argument[] arguments)
                                      throws ArgumentException

Constructs a pattern variable.

Parameters:

arguments - first argument is number of this pattern variable

Throws:

ArgumentException - if there is not exactly one argument that is an instance of Counter

Method Detail

getPartFormulaSize

public final int getPartFormulaSize()

Description copied from interface: Formula

Get the number of part formulas that this formula contains.

Specified by:

getPartFormulaSize in interface Formula

Returns:

always 0

getPartFormula

public final Formula getPartFormula(int i)
                             throws IllegalArgumentException

Description copied from interface: Formula

Get the requested part formula

Specified by:

getPartFormula in interface Formula

Parameters:

i - number of part formula (starting with 0)

Returns:

i-th part formula

Throws:

IllegalArgumentException - if i is not inbetween 0 and Formula.getPartFormulaSize() - 1

getFreeSubjectVariables

public final SubjectVariables getFreeSubjectVariables()

Description copied from interface: Formula

Get all free subject variables.

Specified by:

getFreeSubjectVariables in interface Formula

Returns:

all free subject variables

getBoundSubjectVariables

public final SubjectVariables getBoundSubjectVariables()

Description copied from interface: Formula

Get all bounded subject variables.

Specified by:

getBoundSubjectVariables in interface Formula

Returns:

all bounded subject variables

getSubjectVariables

public final SubjectVariables getSubjectVariables()

Description copied from interface: Formula

Get all subject variables that occur in this formula.

Specified by:

getSubjectVariables in interface Formula

Returns:

all subject variables

getPatternVariables

public final PatternVariables getPatternVariables()

Description copied from interface: Argument

Get all pattern variables that occur in this argument.

Specified by:

getPatternVariables in interface Argument

Overrides:

getPatternVariables in class AbstractArgument

isMatching

public boolean isMatching(Argument argument)

Is the argument matching the pattern variable? Here always true is returned.

Overrides:

isMatching in class PatternVariable

Parameters:

argument - argument to match pattern variable

Returns:

true

replaceBoundSubjectVariable

public final Formula replaceBoundSubjectVariable(Enumerator counter,
                                                 int occurance,
                                                 SubjectVariable search,
                                                 SubjectVariable replacement)

Description copied from interface: Formula

Replace the occurrence-th occurence of a bound SubjectVariable by another one.

Specified by:

replaceBoundSubjectVariable in interface Formula

Parameters:

counter - number of matches so far

occurance - number of matches to act on

search - subject variable to look for

replacement - replacement subject variable

Returns:

replaced formula

replaceBoundSubjectVariables

public final Formula replaceBoundSubjectVariables(Enumerator counter)

Description copied from interface: Formula

Replace every bound SubjectVariable by a BasicSubjectVariablePatternVariable

Specified by:

replaceBoundSubjectVariables in interface Formula

Parameters:

counter - contains starting number for replacement pattern variable, is increased after one complete replacement

create

public final Argument create(Argument[] arguments)
                      throws ArgumentException

Description copied from interface: Argument

Create a new Argument with given arguments.

Specified by:

create in interface Argument

Overrides:

create in class BasicPatternVariable

Throws:

ArgumentException

toString

public String toString()

Description copied from interface: Argument

Get the argument in String form.

Specified by:

toString in interface Argument

Overrides:

toString in class BasicPatternVariable