org.vizzini.ai.logic
Class ComplexSentenceIFF

java.lang.Object
  org.vizzini.util.AbstractBean
      org.vizzini.ai.logic.AbstractSentence
          org.vizzini.ai.logic.AbstractComplexSentence
              org.vizzini.ai.logic.ComplexSentenceIFF

All Implemented Interfaces:

Cloneable, IComplexSentence, ISentence

public class ComplexSentenceIFF
extends AbstractComplexSentence

Provides a complex sentence using the IFF (if-and-only-if) connective. Instances of this class are obtained from SentenceFactory.create().

Since:

v0.2

Version:

v0.2

Author:

Jeffrey M. Thompson

See Also:

SentenceFactory.create(org.vizzini.ai.logic.IArgument, java.lang.String, org.vizzini.ai.logic.IArgument)

Field Summary

Fields inherited from class org.vizzini.util.AbstractBean

IGNORE_PROPERTIES

Constructor Summary

protected

ComplexSentenceIFF(ISentence left, ISentence right) Construct this object using the given parameters.

Method Summary

boolean	evaluate(Object contextItem) Return true if this expression, using the given object, evaluates to true.
ConnectiveType	getConnective() Return the connective.

Methods inherited from class org.vizzini.ai.logic.AbstractComplexSentence

clone, getLeft, getRight, isChild, isLeftRequired, replaceChild, setLeft, setRight

Methods inherited from class org.vizzini.ai.logic.AbstractSentence

getDescription, setDescription

Methods inherited from class org.vizzini.util.AbstractBean

appendArray, appendCollection, appendList, appendMap, compareBooleans, compareObjects, equals, getIgnoreProperties, hashCode, toString

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

finalize, getClass, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Methods inherited from interface org.vizzini.ai.logic.ISentence

getDescription, setDescription

Constructor Detail

ComplexSentenceIFF

protected ComplexSentenceIFF(ISentence left,
                             ISentence right)

Construct this object using the given parameters.

Parameters:

left - Left sentence.

right - Right sentence.

Since:

v0.2

Method Detail

evaluate

public boolean evaluate(Object contextItem)
                 throws LogicException

Return true if this expression, using the given object, evaluates to true.

Parameters:

contextItem - Context item.

Throws:

LogicException

Since:

v0.2

getConnective

public ConnectiveType getConnective()

Description copied from interface: IComplexSentence

Return the connective.

Returns:

Return connectiveType.

Since:

v0.2