Interface KappaTerm
- All Known Implementing Classes:
KappaMin
,KappaSum
,KappaValue
public interface KappaTerm
This interface defines a kappa term, that can be evaluated, it
can return its value, which is -1 as long as the kappa-term cannot
be evaluated and it can return a value for that we know that the kappa-term
value is greatar or equal to that value.
- Author:
- Tim Janus
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Method Details
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evaluate
boolean evaluate()Tries to evaluate the kappa term, if the evaluation is successful then the next call of value returns the evaluated value.- Returns:
- True if the evaluation is sucessful, false otherwise
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value
int value()- Returns:
- The value of this kappa term or -1 if the kappa-term's evaluate() method returns false.
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greaterEqualThan
int greaterEqualThan()- Returns:
- The minimum value of this kappa term, such that the caller knows the kappa term is greater or equal the returned value.
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getSubTerms
Processes all the sub-terms- Returns:
- A set containing all the sub-terms of the kappa term
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