cut.java

Mandarax是一个规则引擎的纯Java实现。它支持多类型的事实和基于反映的规则

package org.mandarax.lib;


/*
 * Copyright (C) 1999-2004 <a href="mailto:[e-mail]">Jens Dietrich</a>
 * Copyright (C) 1999-2004 <a href="mailto:[e-mail]">Alex Kozlenkov</a>
 *
 * This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
 * modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
 * License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
 * version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
 *
 * This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
 * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
 * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
 * Lesser General Public License for more details.
 *
 * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
 * License along with this library; if not, write to the Free Software
 * Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA  02111-1307  USA
 */


import org.mandarax.util.logging.LogCategories;
import org.mandarax.kernel.*;

/**
 * Prolog like cut predicate,
 * @author <A HREF="mailto:[e-mail]">Jens Dietrich</A>
 * @author <A HREF="mailto:[e-mail]">Alex Kozlenkov</A>
 * @version 3.4 <7 March 05>
 * @since 2.1
 * Prova re-integration modifications
 * @author <A HREF="mailto:[e-mail]">Alex Kozlenkov</A>
 * @version 3.4 <7 March 05>
 */

public class Cut implements Predicate {
	// Further corrections 28/04/03
	public transient int cutPredicate;

	private static final Class[] STRUCT = {};
	private static final String[] SLOT_NAMES = {};
	/**
	 * Get the predicate structure.
	 * @return an array of types (classes)
	 */
	public Class[] getStructure() {
		return STRUCT;
	}
	/**
	 * Indicates whether the predicate is executable.
	 * @return a boolean
	 */
	public boolean isExecutable() {
		return false;
	}
	/**
	 * Get the name of the predicate.
	 * @return a string
	 */
	public String getName() {
		return "CUT["+cutPredicate+"]";
	}
	/**
	 * Perform the predicate.
	 * @param terms an array of term
	 * @param session a session object
	 * @return a string
	 */
	public Object perform(Term[] terms,Session session) {
		throw new UnsupportedOperationException("Cut does not support perform");
	}

	/**
	 * Converts the object to a string.
	 * @return the string representation of this object
	 */
	public String toString() {
		return "CUT("+cutPredicate+")";
	}
	/**
	 * Get the slot names.
	 * @return an array of strings, the length of the array is the same as
	 * the length of the array of terms (the structure of the predicate)
	 */
	public String[] getSlotNames() {
		return SLOT_NAMES;
	}
	/**
	 * Set the slot names.
	 * @param names an array of strings, the length of the array is the same as
	 * the length of the array of terms (the structure of the predicate)
	 */
	public void setSlotNames(String[] names) {
		LogCategories.LOG_KB.debug("Ignore attempt to set slot names for cut predicate");
		// ignored
	}
	/**
	 * Indicates whether the slot names can be modified.
	 * @return a boolean
	 */
	public boolean slotNamesCanBeEdited() {
		return false;
	}
}