All Superinterfaces:
Formula, SimpleLogicalFormula
All Known Implementing Classes:
AlwaysQuery, ASPAtom, ASPLiteral, FolAtom, HoldsQuery, LdoArgument, NecessarilyQuery, Proposition, QueryProposition, StrictNegation

public interface Atom extends SimpleLogicalFormula
An atomic language construct, linked to its predicate
Author:
Tim Janus
  • Method Details

    • getName

      String getName()
      Returns:
      the name of the predicate
    • getPredicate

      Predicate getPredicate()
      Returns:
      the predicate of the atom
    • setPredicate

      Atom.RETURN_SET_PREDICATE setPredicate(Predicate predicate)
      Changes the predicate of the atom. Given an old Predicate po and a new predicate pn with their list of arguments types at(po) and at(pn) and the arguments of this Atom: arg(this) this method distinguishes between three cases: 1. The predicate only differ in the names, returning RSP_SUCCESS 2. The old predicates argument types is a sub-list of the new argument types then the method returns RSP_INCOMPLETE and the atoms isComplete() method returns false 3. The new predicates argument types is a sub-list of the old argument types then the method returns RSP_TRUNCATED and the arguments of this atom are truncated too and isComplete() returns true. 4. The old and new predicates' argument types differ then the list of arguments of the atom get cleared and isComplete() returns false.
      Parameters:
      predicate - some predicate
      Returns:
      Depends on the cases described above: 1. RSP_SUCCESS 2. RSP_INCOMPLETE 3. RSP_TRUNCATED 4. RSP_CLEARED
    • addArgument

      void addArgument(Term<?> arg) throws LanguageException
      Adds an argument to the atom's argument list
      Parameters:
      arg - The next argument
      Throws:
      LanguageException - If the language does not support arguments for their constructs.
    • getArguments

      List<? extends Term<?>> getArguments()
      Returns:
      A list containing all the arguments of this specific atom
    • isComplete

      boolean isComplete()
      Returns:
      true if the size of the argument list is equal to the arity of the predicate