com.meyling.principia.logic.basic
Class Quantifier

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

All Implemented Interfaces:

Argument, Formula

Direct Known Subclasses:

ExistentialQuantifier, UniversalQuantifier

public abstract class Quantifier

extends AbstractFormula

implements Argument, Formula

Basis class for Quantifier.

Version:

$Revision: 1.6 $

Author:

Michael Meyling

Constructor Summary

Quantifier(Argument[] arguments)
Constructs a logical quantifier.

Method Summary

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.
SubjectVariables	getSubjectVariables() Get all subject variables that occur in this formula.
SubjectVariableMarker	getVariable() Get the subject variable of this quantifier.

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

createPattern, replaceBoundSubjectVariable, replaceBoundSubjectVariables

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

copy, create, getArgument, getArgumentSize, toString

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, create, equals, getArgument, getArgumentSize, getPatternVariables, getReplacementParents, getSearchParents, hashCode, matches, matches, replace, replace, replace, replaceMatches, toString

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

replaceBoundSubjectVariable, replaceBoundSubjectVariables

Constructor Detail

Quantifier

public Quantifier(Argument[] arguments)
           throws ArgumentException

Constructs a logical 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 instance of SubjectVariableMarker or the second argument is not an instance of Formula or the subject variable is not free in the formula

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

Specified by:

getPartFormulaSize in class AbstractFormula

Returns:

always 1

getPartFormula

public final Formula getPartFormula(int i)

Description copied from interface: Formula

Get the requested part formula

Specified by:

getPartFormula in interface Formula

Specified by:

getPartFormula in class AbstractFormula

getFreeSubjectVariables

public final SubjectVariables getFreeSubjectVariables()

Description copied from interface: Formula

Get all free subject variables.

Specified by:

getFreeSubjectVariables in interface Formula

Specified by:

getFreeSubjectVariables in class AbstractFormula

getBoundSubjectVariables

public final SubjectVariables getBoundSubjectVariables()

Description copied from interface: Formula

Get all bounded subject variables.

Specified by:

getBoundSubjectVariables in interface Formula

Specified by:

getBoundSubjectVariables in class AbstractFormula

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

Specified by:

getSubjectVariables in class AbstractFormula

getVariable

public final SubjectVariableMarker getVariable()

Get the subject variable of this quantifier.

Returns:

subject variable