Class Variable
java.lang.Object
|
+--Variable
- All Implemented Interfaces:
- FILisable, java.io.Serializable
- public class Variable
- extends java.lang.Object
- implements java.io.Serializable, FILisable
The class `Variable' represents an occurrence of a variable in a case
(a variable being an identifier that gets bound to a value when the case is
matched against a new situation).
- See Also:
- Serialized Form
Constructor Summary |
Variable(java.lang.String name)
Constructs an instance of Variable. |
Method Summary |
boolean |
equals(java.lang.Object anObject)
Returns true just in case the given object is a Variable whose name
is string-equal to this one. |
java.lang.String |
FILise(boolean HTML)
Returns a string representing this variable in FIL. |
java.lang.String |
toString()
Returns the string representation of this variable, without
the `?' prefix. |
Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object |
clone, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait |
Variable
public Variable(java.lang.String name)
- Constructs an instance of Variable.
- Parameters:
name
- The name of the variable (without the `?' prefix).
equals
public boolean equals(java.lang.Object anObject)
- Returns true just in case the given object is a Variable whose name
is string-equal to this one.
- Overrides:
equals
in class java.lang.Object
- Parameters:
anObject
- The Object to be compared.- Returns:
- True just in case the given object is an Variable whose
name is string-equal to this one.
toString
public java.lang.String toString()
- Returns the string representation of this variable, without
the `?' prefix.
- Overrides:
toString
in class java.lang.Object
- Parameters:
anObject
- The string representation of this enumeration
symbol.
FILise
public java.lang.String FILise(boolean HTML)
- Returns a string representing this variable in FIL.
- Specified by:
FILise
in interface FILisable
- Parameters:
HTML
- If true, the FIL will be augmented with HTML tags.- Returns:
- A string representing the variable in FIL.