Interface Node

All Superinterfaces:

Comparable<Object>, 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: 804 $

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 assure that such method has Edge node as argument!
Node	newInstance(String name)	Factory
void	takeIn(Node e)	A copy by reference of internal structure of node e.

Methods inherited from interface java.lang.Comparable

compareTo

Methods inherited from interface it.univr.di.cstnu.graph.Component

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

Method Details

isContingent

default boolean isContingent()

Returns:

true if the node is a contingent one.

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 assure that such method has Edge node as 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 internal structure of node e.

Parameters:

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