Package org.tweetyproject.beliefdynamics

Class MultipleBaseExpansionOperator<T extends Formula>

java.lang.Object

org.tweetyproject.beliefdynamics.MultipleBaseExpansionOperator<T>

Type Parameters:

T - The type of formulas that this operator works on.

All Implemented Interfaces:

BaseExpansionOperator<T>

Direct Known Subclasses:

DefaultMultipleBaseExpansionOperator

public abstract class MultipleBaseExpansionOperator<T extends Formula>
extends Object
implements BaseExpansionOperator<T>

This is the interface for a classic multiple belief base expansion operator, ie. an operator that takes some set of formulas and another set of formulas and expands the former by the latter.

Author:

Matthias Thimm

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
MultipleBaseExpansionOperator()	Default

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
abstract Collection<T>	expand(Collection<T> base, Collection<T> formulas)	Expands the first collection of formulas by the second collection of formulas.
Collection<T>	expand(Collection<T> base, T formula)	Expands the given collection of formulas by the given formula.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

equals, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Details

MultipleBaseExpansionOperator

public MultipleBaseExpansionOperator()

Default

Method Details

expand

public Collection<T> expand(Collection<T> base,
 T formula)

Description copied from interface: BaseExpansionOperator

Expands the given collection of formulas by the given formula.

Specified by:

expand in interface BaseExpansionOperator<T extends Formula>

Parameters:

base - some collection of formulas.

formula - a formula

Returns:

the expanded collection.

expand

public abstract Collection<T> expand(Collection<T> base,
 Collection<T> formulas)

Expands the first collection of formulas by the second collection of formulas.

Parameters:

base - some collection of formulas.

formulas - some formulas.

Returns:

the expanded collection.