Package org.tweetyproject.arg.adf.semantics.link

Class SimpleLink

java.lang.Object

org.tweetyproject.graphs.GeneralEdge<Argument>

org.tweetyproject.graphs.Edge<Argument>

org.tweetyproject.graphs.DirectedEdge<Argument>

org.tweetyproject.arg.adf.semantics.link.SimpleLink

All Implemented Interfaces:

Link

public final class SimpleLink
extends DirectedEdge<Argument>
implements Link

A simple immutable representation of ADF links.

Author:

Mathias Hofer, Lars Bengel

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
SimpleLink(Argument from, Argument to)	Constructs a new SimpleLink with the specified source and target arguments.
SimpleLink(Argument from, Argument to, LinkType type)

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
boolean	equals(Object obj)
Argument	getFrom()	Returns the source argument from which the link originates.
Argument	getTo()	Returns the target argument to which the link points.
LinkType	getType()	Returns the type of the link, indicating the nature of the connection between the source and target arguments.
int	hashCode()
String	toString()

Methods inherited from class org.tweetyproject.graphs.Edge

getLabel, getNodeA, getNodeB

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

getClass, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Details

SimpleLink

public SimpleLink(Argument from,
 Argument to,
 LinkType type)

Parameters:

from - the source of the link

to - the target of the link

type - the type of the link

SimpleLink

public SimpleLink(Argument from,
 Argument to)

Constructs a new SimpleLink with the specified source and target arguments. The link is of type LinkType.DEPENDENT.

Parameters:

from - The source argument from which the link originates.

to - The target argument to which the link points.

Throws:

NullPointerException - if either from or to is null.

Method Details

getFrom

public Argument getFrom()

Returns the source argument from which the link originates.

Specified by:

getFrom in interface Link

Returns:

The source argument.

getTo

public Argument getTo()

Returns the target argument to which the link points.

Specified by:

getTo in interface Link

Returns:

The target argument.

getType

public LinkType getType()

Returns the type of the link, indicating the nature of the connection between the source and target arguments.

Specified by:

getType in interface Link

Returns:

The link type.

toString

public String toString()

Overrides:

toString in class DirectedEdge<Argument>

hashCode

public int hashCode()

Overrides:

hashCode in class Edge<Argument>

equals

public boolean equals(Object obj)

Overrides:

equals in class Edge<Argument>