com.meyling.principia.logic.basic
Class UniversalQuantifier

java.lang.Object
  com.meyling.principia.argument.AbstractArgument
      com.meyling.principia.argument.AbstractArgumentList
          com.meyling.principia.logic.basic.AbstractFormula
              com.meyling.principia.logic.basic.Quantifier
                  com.meyling.principia.logic.basic.UniversalQuantifier

All Implemented Interfaces:

Argument, Formula

public class UniversalQuantifier

extends Quantifier

Universal qualifier, logical "for all".

Version:

$Revision: 1.5 $

Author:

Michael Meyling

Constructor Summary

UniversalQuantifier(Argument[] arguments)
Constructs a logical universial quantifier.

Method Summary

Argument	create(Argument[] arguments) Create a new Argument with given arguments.
String	toString() Get the argument in String form.

Methods inherited from class com.meyling.principia.logic.basic.Quantifier

getBoundSubjectVariables, getFreeSubjectVariables, getPartFormula, getPartFormulaSize, getSubjectVariables, getVariable

Methods inherited from class com.meyling.principia.logic.basic.AbstractFormula

createPattern, replaceBoundSubjectVariable, replaceBoundSubjectVariables

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

copy, getArgument, getArgumentSize

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

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

Methods inherited from interface com.meyling.principia.logic.basic.Formula

replaceBoundSubjectVariable, replaceBoundSubjectVariables

Constructor Detail

UniversalQuantifier

public UniversalQuantifier(Argument[] arguments)
                    throws ArgumentException

Constructs a logical universial quantifier.

Parameters:

arguments - subject variable and formula to operate on

Throws:

ArgumentException - if there are not exactly two arguments ore the first argument is not an instances of SubjectVariableMarker or the second argument is not an instance of Formula or the subject variable is not free in the formula

Method Detail

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

Specified by:

create in class AbstractArgumentList

Throws:

ArgumentException

toString

public final String toString()

Description copied from interface: Argument

Get the argument in String form.

Specified by:

toString in interface Argument

Specified by:

toString in class AbstractArgumentList