KnowledgeBase
Class FieldNode

java.lang.Object
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  +--KnowledgeBase.FieldNode

All Implemented Interfaces:

java.lang.Comparable

public class FieldNode

extends java.lang.Object

implements java.lang.Comparable

Defines a field node in the knowledge base.

See the dissertation document and KnowledgeBaseParser.jj for complete details.

Version:

Created 18 July 2003

Author:

Dan Tappan

See Also:

KnowledgeBase

Field Summary

java.lang.String	definition
java.lang.String	field_name
Region	region

Constructor Summary

FieldNode(java.lang.String field_name, java.lang.String definition)
Creates a new FieldtNode as specified by the knowledge-base parser.

Method Summary

int	compareTo(java.lang.Object other_field_node) Returns the comparison of two field nodes based lexicographically on their field name.
java.lang.String	toString() Returns a string representation of this object.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Field Detail

field_name

public java.lang.String field_name

definition

public java.lang.String definition

region

public Region region

Constructor Detail

FieldNode

public FieldNode(java.lang.String field_name,
                 java.lang.String definition)
          throws java.lang.Exception

Creates a new FieldtNode as specified by the knowledge-base parser.

See the dissertation document for details on how these parameters are defined and used.

Parameters:

field_name - - the field name

definition - - the field definition

Throws:

java.lang.Exception - - if the region cannot be created

Method Detail

compareTo

public int compareTo(java.lang.Object other_field_node)

Returns the comparison of two field nodes based lexicographically on their field name.

Specified by:

compareTo in interface java.lang.Comparable

Parameters:

other_field_node - - the field node to compare

Returns:

the comparison result

See Also:

String.compareTo(java.lang.String)

toString

public java.lang.String toString()

Returns a string representation of this object.

Overrides:

toString in class java.lang.Object

Returns:

the String representation

See Also:

Support