jbil.sequence
Class CharSymbol

java.lang.Object
  jbil.sequence.CharSymbol

All Implemented Interfaces:

Symbol

Direct Known Subclasses:

AtomicCharSymbol, HighOrderCharSymbol

public abstract class CharSymbol
extends java.lang.Object
implements Symbol

Abstract class for symbols associated to a character (either atomic or higher order).

Author:

Paulo G. S. da Fonseca

Constructor Summary

CharSymbol()

Method Summary

int	arity() The arity of a Symbols corresponds to the number of symbols matching it.
abstract char	charValue()
java.lang.String	toString()

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Methods inherited from interface jbil.sequence.Symbol

getMatches, isAtomic

Constructor Detail

CharSymbol

public CharSymbol()

Method Detail

charValue

public abstract char charValue()

Returns:

The character image of the symbol.

arity

public int arity()

Description copied from interface: Symbol

The arity of a Symbols corresponds to the number of symbols matching it.

Specified by:

arity in interface Symbol

Returns:

The number of (atomic) symbols matching this symbol.

toString

public java.lang.String toString()

Specified by:

toString in interface Symbol

Overrides:

toString in class java.lang.Object

Returns:

The String representation of the Symbol.