jess
Class Help

java.lang.Object
  extended byjess.Help
All Implemented Interfaces:
java.io.Serializable, Userfunction

public class Help
extends java.lang.Object
implements Userfunction, java.io.Serializable

Help implements the "help" function in Jess. You can use the static method getHelpFor(String) to get help information about various Jess functions and constructs.

(C) 2006 Sandia National Laboratories

See Also:
Serialized Form

Constructor Summary
Help()
           
 
Method Summary
 Value call(ValueVector vv, Context context)
          Call this function with the given argument list.
static java.lang.String getHelpFor(java.lang.String target)
           
 java.lang.String getName()
          Return the name of this function.
 
Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait
 

Constructor Detail

Help

public Help()
Method Detail

getName

public java.lang.String getName()
Description copied from interface: Userfunction
Return the name of this function. Called once when the function is installed into a Rete engine.

Specified by:
getName in interface Userfunction
Returns:
The name of this function, as seen by the Jess language

call

public Value call(ValueVector vv,
                  Context context)
           throws JessException
Description copied from interface: Userfunction
Call this function with the given argument list. The arguments will be unresolved - do not pass them to other functions or return them as a result without calling resolveValue() on them!

Specified by:
call in interface Userfunction
Parameters:
vv - The argument list. The function name will be the 0th element.
context - The execution context for resolving arguments.
Returns:
The result of executing this function.
Throws:
JessException - If anything goes wrong.
See Also:
Value.resolveValue(jess.Context)

getHelpFor

public static java.lang.String getHelpFor(java.lang.String target)
                                   throws JessException
Throws:
JessException

© 2007 Sandia Corporation