Interface Node

All Superinterfaces:

Comparable<Component>, Component, Serializable

All Known Implementing Classes:

AbstractNode, LabeledNode

public interface Node
extends Component

Root class for representing nodes in it.univr.di.cstnu package.

Version:

$Rev: 1130 $

Author:

posenato

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
default boolean	isContingent()
default boolean	isParameter()
Node	newInstance()	Factory
Node	newInstance(Node node)	Any super-interfaces/implementing classes should ensure that such a method has an Edge node as an argument!
Node	newInstance(String name)	Factory
void	takeIn(Node e)	A copy by reference of node 'e' internal structure.

Methods inherited from interface Comparable

compareTo

Methods inherited from interface Component

clear, equals, equalsByName, getName, hashCode, inNegativeCycle, setInNegativeCycle, setName, toString

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
void	clear()	Clear all components but the name.
boolean	equals(Object o)	Deprecated.
boolean	equalsByName(Component c)	A component is assumed to be equal to another if it has the same name.
String	getName()
int	hashCode()
boolean	inNegativeCycle()
void	setInNegativeCycle(boolean inNegativeCycle)	Sets true if the edge is in a negative cycle
String	setName(String name)	Set the name of the component.
String	toString()	Return a string representation of labeled values.

Method Details

isContingent

default boolean isContingent()

Returns:

true if the node is contingent.

isParameter

default boolean isParameter()

Returns:

true if the node is a parameter one.

newInstance

Node newInstance()

Factory

Returns:

an object of type Edge.

newInstance

Node newInstance(Node node)

Any super-interfaces/implementing classes should ensure that such a method has an Edge node as an argument!

Parameters:

node - an object to clone.

Returns:

an object of type Edge.

newInstance

Node newInstance(String name)

Factory

Parameters:

name - of the node

Returns:

an object of type Edge.

takeIn

void takeIn(Node e)

A copy by reference of node 'e' internal structure.

Parameters:

e - node to clone. If null, it does nothing.