prolog.model
Interface IFact

All Known Subinterfaces:

IFactList, IStatement

All Known Implementing Classes:

Fact

public interface IFact

this is the base interface for a relation with a name.

prolog: myFact(dan,joe).

in this example, "myFact" is the name and the parameters "dan" and "joe" are the atoms in the relation.

Method Summary

void	genXml(java.io.Writer out, ISymbolTable table) generates xml describing this object
int	getName() returns the name of this fact
IRelation	getRelation() returns the relalation this fact owns
java.lang.String	toString(ISymbolTable table) returns a string representation of this oject, if the parameter ISymbolTable is specified, the symbols are decoded

Method Detail

getRelation

public IRelation getRelation()

returns the relalation this fact owns

Returns:

relation this fact owns

getName

public int getName()

returns the name of this fact

Returns:

the name of this fact

toString

public java.lang.String toString(ISymbolTable table)

returns a string representation of this oject, if the parameter ISymbolTable is specified, the symbols are decoded

Parameters:

table - is the ISymbolTable required to decode the output

Returns:

a string representation of this oject

genXml

public void genXml(java.io.Writer out,
                   ISymbolTable table)
            throws java.io.IOException

generates xml describing this object

Parameters:

out - the writer to append the xml

table - the symboltable to decode the symbols

Throws:

java.io.IOException -