com.meyling.principia.argument
Class AbstractArgumentAtom

java.lang.Object
  com.meyling.principia.argument.AbstractArgument
      com.meyling.principia.argument.AbstractArgumentAtom

All Implemented Interfaces:

Argument

Direct Known Subclasses:

Counter, Text

public abstract class AbstractArgumentAtom

extends AbstractArgument

implements Argument

Every Atom must inherit from this class. Its main function is to provide the standard implemention of equals(java.lang.Object), AbstractArgument.matches(com.meyling.principia.argument.Argument, com.meyling.principia.argument.PatternVariables) and AbstractArgument.hashCode().

Version:

$Revision: 1.5 $

Author:

Michael Meyling

Constructor Summary

AbstractArgumentAtom()

Method Summary

abstract Argument	copy() Returns an identical object (maybe "this").
Argument	create(Argument[] arguments) Create a new Argument with given arguments.
abstract boolean	equals(Object object) Is this object equal to the given one?
Argument	getArgument(int i) Get the requested argument.
int	getArgumentSize() Get the number of arguments.
abstract String	toString() Get the argument in String form.

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

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

Constructor Detail

AbstractArgumentAtom

public AbstractArgumentAtom()

Method Detail

getArgumentSize

public int getArgumentSize()

Description copied from interface: Argument

Get the number of arguments.

Specified by:

getArgumentSize in interface Argument

Specified by:

getArgumentSize in class AbstractArgument

Returns:

always 0

getArgument

public Argument getArgument(int i)
                     throws IllegalArgumentException

Description copied from interface: Argument

Get the requested argument.

Specified by:

getArgument in interface Argument

Specified by:

getArgument in class AbstractArgument

Parameters:

i - number of argument

Returns:

will never return anything, this is an Atom

Throws:

IllegalArgumentException - will always be thrown

equals

public abstract boolean equals(Object object)

Description copied from interface: Argument

Is this object equal to the given one? This is true iff object is an instance of Argument and both arguments have the same Argument.getArgumentSize() and each Argument.getArgument(int) Argument.equals(java.lang.Object).

Specified by:

equals in interface Argument

Overrides:

equals in class AbstractArgument

copy

public abstract Argument copy()

Description copied from interface: Argument

Returns an identical object (maybe "this").

Specified by:

copy in interface Argument

Returns:

copy of this object

create

public final Argument create(Argument[] arguments)

Description copied from interface: Argument

Create a new Argument with given arguments.

Specified by:

create in interface Argument

Specified by:

create in class AbstractArgument

toString

public abstract String toString()

Description copied from interface: Argument

Get the argument in String form.

Specified by:

toString in interface Argument

Specified by:

toString in class AbstractArgument