KnowledgeBase
Class InferenceNode

java.lang.Object
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  +--KnowledgeBase.InferenceNode

All Implemented Interfaces:

java.lang.Comparable

public class InferenceNode

extends java.lang.Object

implements java.lang.Comparable

Defines an inference 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.util.ArrayList	dependency_formal_parameters
java.lang.String	inference_name
boolean	is_attribute_inference_otherwise_relationship
java.util.ArrayList	parameters

Constructor Summary

InferenceNode(java.lang.String inference_name)
Creates a new InferenceNode for an attribute as specified by the knowledge-base parser.

InferenceNode(java.lang.String inference_name, java.util.ArrayList parameters)
Creates a new InferenceNode for a relationship as specified by the knowledge-base parser.

Method Summary

int	compareTo(java.lang.Object other_inference_node) Returns the comparison of two inference nodes based lexicographically on their inference 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

inference_name

public java.lang.String inference_name

is_attribute_inference_otherwise_relationship

public boolean is_attribute_inference_otherwise_relationship

parameters

public java.util.ArrayList parameters

dependency_formal_parameters

public java.util.ArrayList dependency_formal_parameters

Constructor Detail

InferenceNode

public InferenceNode(java.lang.String inference_name)

Creates a new InferenceNode for an attribute as specified by the knowledge-base parser.

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

InferenceNode

public InferenceNode(java.lang.String inference_name,
                     java.util.ArrayList parameters)

Creates a new InferenceNode for a relationship as specified by the knowledge-base parser.

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

Parameters:

parameters - - the relationship parameters

Method Detail

compareTo

public int compareTo(java.lang.Object other_inference_node)

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

Specified by:

compareTo in interface java.lang.Comparable

Parameters:

other_inference_node - - the inference 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.toPrettyString(java.lang.String)