nars.language
Class Negation

java.lang.Object
  nars.language.Term
      nars.language.CompoundTerm
          nars.language.Negation

All Implemented Interfaces:

java.lang.Cloneable, java.lang.Comparable<Term>

public class Negation
extends CompoundTerm

A negation of a Statement.

Field Summary

Fields inherited from class nars.language.CompoundTerm

complexity, components, openVariables

Fields inherited from class nars.language.Term

name

Constructor Summary

private	Negation(java.lang.String n, java.util.ArrayList<Term> arg) Constructor with partial values, called by make
private	Negation(java.lang.String n, java.util.ArrayList<Term> cs, java.util.ArrayList<Variable> open, short i) Constructor with full values, called by clone

Method Summary

java.lang.Object	clone() Clone an object
static Term	make(java.util.ArrayList<Term> argument) Try to make a new SetExt.
static Term	make(Term t) Try to make a Negation of one component.
java.lang.String	operator() Get the operator of the term.

Methods inherited from class nars.language.CompoundTerm

addComponents, argumentsToList, cloneComponents, cloneList, componentAt, containAllComponents, containComponent, getComplexity, getComponents, getConstantName, getOpenVariables, isCommutative, isConstant, isOperator, make, make, makeCompoundName, makeImageName, makeName, makeSetName, prepareComponentLinks, reduceComponents, renameVariables, renameVariables, replaceComponent, replaceComponent, size, substituteComponent

Methods inherited from class nars.language.Term

compareTo, equals, getName, getOrder, hashCode, toString

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

finalize, getClass, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

Negation

private Negation(java.lang.String n,
                 java.util.ArrayList<Term> arg)

Constructor with partial values, called by make

Parameters:

n - The name of the term

arg - The component list of the term

Negation

private Negation(java.lang.String n,
                 java.util.ArrayList<Term> cs,
                 java.util.ArrayList<Variable> open,
                 short i)

Constructor with full values, called by clone

Parameters:

n - The name of the term

cs - Component list

open - Open variable list

i - Syntactic complexity of the compound

Method Detail

clone

public java.lang.Object clone()

Clone an object

Specified by:

clone in class CompoundTerm

Returns:

A new object

make

public static Term make(Term t)

Try to make a Negation of one component. Called by the inference rules.

Parameters:

t - The compoment

Returns:

A compound generated or a term it reduced to

make

public static Term make(java.util.ArrayList<Term> argument)

Try to make a new SetExt. Called by StringParser.

Parameters:

argument - The list of components

Returns:

the Term generated from the arguments

operator

public java.lang.String operator()

Get the operator of the term.

Specified by:

operator in class CompoundTerm

Returns:

the operator of the term