jbil.sequence
Class HighOrderCharSymbol

java.lang.Object
  jbil.sequence.CharSymbol
      jbil.sequence.HighOrderCharSymbol

All Implemented Interfaces:

HighOrderSymbol, Symbol

public class HighOrderCharSymbol
extends CharSymbol
implements HighOrderSymbol

A high order symbol that is associated to a character 'image'.

Author:

Paulo G. S. da Fonseca

Constructor Summary

HighOrderCharSymbol(char c)
Creates a high order char symbol with an empty list of matches.

Method Summary

void	addMatch(AtomicSymbol match) Adds an atomic symbol to the alphabet of symbols matched by this symbol.
void	addMatches(java.util.List<AtomicSymbol> matches) Adds a list of atomic symbols to the alphabet of symbols matched by this symbol.
char	charValue()
Alphabet	getMatches()
boolean	isAtomic()

Methods inherited from class jbil.sequence.CharSymbol

arity, toString

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Methods inherited from interface jbil.sequence.Symbol

arity, toString

Constructor Detail

HighOrderCharSymbol

public HighOrderCharSymbol(char c)

Creates a high order char symbol with an empty list of matches.

Parameters:

c - The charcater image of this symbol.

Method Detail

charValue

public char charValue()

Specified by:

charValue in class CharSymbol

Returns:

The character image of the symbol.

getMatches

public Alphabet getMatches()

Specified by:

getMatches in interface Symbol

Returns:

The alphabet of symbols matching this symbol.

addMatch

public void addMatch(AtomicSymbol match)

Description copied from interface: HighOrderSymbol

Adds an atomic symbol to the alphabet of symbols matched by this symbol.

Specified by:

addMatch in interface HighOrderSymbol

addMatches

public void addMatches(java.util.List<AtomicSymbol> matches)

Description copied from interface: HighOrderSymbol

Adds a list of atomic symbols to the alphabet of symbols matched by this symbol.

Specified by:

addMatches in interface HighOrderSymbol

isAtomic

public boolean isAtomic()

Specified by:

isAtomic in interface Symbol

Returns:

True if the symbol is atomic, or false, otherwise.