com.ifcomputer.minerva
Class MinervaObject

java.lang.Object
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  +--com.ifcomputer.minerva.MinervaTerm
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        +--com.ifcomputer.minerva.MinervaObject

All Implemented Interfaces:

java.io.Serializable

public class MinervaObject

extends MinervaTerm

implements java.io.Serializable

The class MinervaObject is used to represent an object as Minerva term. This class should be used to create Minerva terms for objects, which cannot represented by basic Minerva terms.

See Also:

MinervaCompound, MinervaList, MinervaVariable, MinervaAtom, MinervaLong, MinervaDouble, Serialized Form

Field Summary

Fields inherited from class com.ifcomputer.minerva.MinervaTerm

ATOM, COMPOUND, DOUBLE, LIST, LONG, OBJECT, VARIABLE

Constructor Summary

MinervaObject(java.lang.Object object)
Constructs a Minerva term, representing the object 'object'.

Method Summary

boolean	equals(java.lang.Object other) This function returns true, if other is an instance of MinervaObject and the objects repesented by 'other' and 'this' are equal.
java.lang.Object	objectValue() Returns the object, represented by this term
java.lang.String	toString() This function stringifies the term into a format readable by the Minerva read predicates.
int	typeOf() This function returns the type (VARIABLE, ATOM, etc.) of this term.

Methods inherited from class com.ifcomputer.minerva.MinervaTerm

getEnumeration, getListLength, getStringArray, getTermArray, isList, reset, resolve, setValue

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

MinervaObject

public MinervaObject(java.lang.Object object)

Constructs a Minerva term, representing the object 'object'.

Method Detail

objectValue

public java.lang.Object objectValue()

Returns the object, represented by this term

toString

public java.lang.String toString()

This function stringifies the term into a format readable by the Minerva read predicates.

Overrides:

toString in class java.lang.Object

equals

public boolean equals(java.lang.Object other)

This function returns true, if other is an instance of MinervaObject and the objects repesented by 'other' and 'this' are equal.

Overrides:

equals in class java.lang.Object

typeOf

public int typeOf()

Description copied from class: MinervaTerm

This function returns the type (VARIABLE, ATOM, etc.) of this term.

Specified by:

typeOf in class MinervaTerm

See Also:

MinervaTerm.VARIABLE, MinervaTerm.ATOM, MinervaTerm.LONG, MinervaTerm.DOUBLE, MinervaTerm.OBJECT, MinervaTerm.COMPOUND, MinervaTerm.LIST