jess
Class BindingValue

java.lang.Object
  jess.Value
      jess.BindingValue

All Implemented Interfaces:

java.io.Serializable

public class BindingValue

extends Value

implements java.io.Serializable

A class to represent a location within a rule LHS, used internally. It is 'self-resolving' using Context. You shouldn't need to use this directly except to implement an Accelerator.

(C) 2006 Sandia National Laboratories

See Also:

Serialized Form

Method Summary

boolean	equals(Value o) This overrides the overloaded equals() in Value.
Fact	factValue(Context c) Returns the contents of this value, as a fact.
double	floatValue(Context c) Returns the contents of this value, as a double.
int	getFactNumber() Returns the fact index within a Rete Token.
java.lang.String	getName() Returns the name of the variable.
int	getSlotIndex() Returns the slot index within a fact.
int	getSubIndex() Returns the index within a multifield.
int	getType() Returns the type of the binding.
int	hashCode() Return a hashcode for the object.
int	intValue(Context c) Returns the contents of this value, as an int.
java.lang.Object	javaObjectValue(Context c) Returns the contents of this value, as a Java object.
ValueVector	listValue(Context c) Returns the contents of this value, as a list.
double	numericValue(Context c) Returns the contents of this value, as a number.
void	resetFactNumber() Sets the fact number associated with this binding to 0.
Value	resolveValue(Context c) Returns the value of the bound variable by extracting it from a Token stored in the execution context.
java.lang.String	stringValue(Context c) Returns the contents of this value, as a String.
java.lang.String	symbolValue(Context c) Returns the contents of this value, as a symbol.
java.lang.String	toString() Return a pretty-print version of this value, without adding parens to any lists.
java.lang.String	variableValue(Context c) Returns the contents of this value, as a String (a variable name).

Methods inherited from class jess.Value

atomValue, equals, equalsStar, externalAddressValue, funcallValue, functionValue, isLexeme, isNumeric, longValue, toStringWithParens, type

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Method Detail

resetFactNumber

public void resetFactNumber()

Sets the fact number associated with this binding to 0.

getName

public java.lang.String getName()

Returns the name of the variable.

Returns:

the variable name

getFactNumber

public int getFactNumber()

Returns the fact index within a Rete Token.

Returns:

the fact index

getSlotIndex

public int getSlotIndex()

Returns the slot index within a fact.

Returns:

the slot index

getSubIndex

public int getSubIndex()

Returns the index within a multifield.

Returns:

the subindex, or -1 if none

getType

public int getType()

Returns the type of the binding.

Returns:

the binding type

resolveValue

public Value resolveValue(Context c)
                   throws JessException

Returns the value of the bound variable by extracting it from a Token stored in the execution context.

Overrides:

resolveValue in class Value

Parameters:

c - an execution context containing a token

Returns:

the value of the variable

Throws:

JessException - if anything goes wrong

See Also:

Variable, Funcall

javaObjectValue

public final java.lang.Object javaObjectValue(Context c)
                                       throws JessException

Description copied from class: Value

Returns the contents of this value, as a Java object.

Overrides:

javaObjectValue in class Value

Parameters:

c - the execution context used to resolve the value

Returns:

the Java object

Throws:

JessException - if this value does not contain a Java object

factValue

public final Fact factValue(Context c)
                     throws JessException

Description copied from class: Value

Returns the contents of this value, as a fact.

Overrides:

factValue in class Value

Parameters:

c - the execution context used to resolve the value

Returns:

the fact

Throws:

JessException - if this value does not contain a fact

listValue

public final ValueVector listValue(Context c)
                            throws JessException

Description copied from class: Value

Returns the contents of this value, as a list.

Overrides:

listValue in class Value

Parameters:

c - the execution context used to resolve the value

Returns:

the list

Throws:

JessException - if this value does not contain a list

intValue

public final int intValue(Context c)
                   throws JessException

Description copied from class: Value

Returns the contents of this value, as an int.

Overrides:

intValue in class Value

Parameters:

c - the execution context used to resolve the value

Returns:

the number as an int

Throws:

JessException - if this value does not contain any kind of number

floatValue

public final double floatValue(Context c)
                        throws JessException

Description copied from class: Value

Returns the contents of this value, as a double.

Overrides:

floatValue in class Value

Parameters:

c - the execution context used to resolve the value

Returns:

the number as a double

Throws:

JessException - if this value does not contain any kind of number.

numericValue

public final double numericValue(Context c)
                          throws JessException

Description copied from class: Value

Returns the contents of this value, as a number.

Overrides:

numericValue in class Value

Parameters:

c - the execution context used to resolve the value

Returns:

the number as a double

Throws:

JessException - if this value does not contain any kind of number

symbolValue

public final java.lang.String symbolValue(Context c)
                                   throws JessException

Description copied from class: Value

Returns the contents of this value, as a symbol.

Overrides:

symbolValue in class Value

Parameters:

c - the execution context used to resolve the value

Returns:

the symbol

Throws:

JessException - if this value does not contain any kind of String

variableValue

public final java.lang.String variableValue(Context c)

Description copied from class: Value

Returns the contents of this value, as a String (a variable name).

Overrides:

variableValue in class Value

Parameters:

c - the execution context used to resolve the value

Returns:

the name of the variable

stringValue

public final java.lang.String stringValue(Context c)
                                   throws JessException

Description copied from class: Value

Returns the contents of this value, as a String.

Overrides:

stringValue in class Value

Parameters:

c - the execution context used to resolve the value

Returns:

the string

Throws:

JessException - if this value does not contain any kind of String.

toString

public java.lang.String toString()

Description copied from class: Value

Return a pretty-print version of this value, without adding parens to any lists.

Overrides:

toString in class Value

Returns:

the formatted string

hashCode

public int hashCode()

Description copied from class: Value

Return a hashcode for the object.

Overrides:

hashCode in class Value

Returns:

the hashcode

equals

public boolean equals(Value o)

This overrides the overloaded equals() in Value.

Overrides:

equals in class Value

Parameters:

o - a Value to compare to

Returns:

true if the two Values are equal