gnu.prolog.term
Class VariableTerm

java.lang.Object
  gnu.prolog.term.Term
      gnu.prolog.term.VariableTerm

All Implemented Interfaces:

Serializable, Cloneable

Direct Known Subclasses:

ChangeableTerm

public class VariableTerm
extends Term

See Also:

Serialized Form

Field Summary

String	name Name of the variable when it was declared Used for display purposes
Term	value value of variable term

Fields inherited from class gnu.prolog.term.Term

ATOM, COMPOUND, FLOAT, INTEGER, JAVA_OBJECT, UNKNOWN, VARIABLE

Constructor Summary

VariableTerm()
create new unnamed variable term

VariableTerm(String name)
Create a new named variable term

Method Summary

Term	clone(TermCloneContext context) clone the object using clone context
Term	dereference() dereference term.
int	getTermType() get type of term

Methods inherited from class gnu.prolog.term.Term

clone, toString

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Field Detail

value

public Term value

value of variable term

name

public String name

Name of the variable when it was declared Used for display purposes

Constructor Detail

VariableTerm

public VariableTerm()

create new unnamed variable term

VariableTerm

public VariableTerm(String name)

Create a new named variable term

Parameters:

name - the name of the term.

See Also:

name

Method Detail

clone

public Term clone(TermCloneContext context)

clone the object using clone context

Specified by:

clone in class Term

Parameters:

context - clone context

Returns:

cloned term

dereference

public Term dereference()

dereference term.

Overrides:

dereference in class Term

Returns:

dereferenced term

getTermType

public int getTermType()

get type of term

Overrides:

getTermType in class Term

Returns:

type of term