complexterm.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

/*
 * Copyright (C) 1999-2004 <A href="http://www-ist.massey.ac.nz/JBDietrich" target="_top">Jens Dietrich</a>
 *
 * This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
 * modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
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 * version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
 *
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 * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
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 *
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 */
package org.mandarax.kernel;


/**
 * Complex terms are terms built from functions and subterms. E.g.,
 * <code>father(Max)</code> would be represented by a complex term.
 * @see org.mandarax.kernel.ConstantTerm
 * @see org.mandarax.kernel.VariableTerm
 * @author <A href="http://www-ist.massey.ac.nz/JBDietrich" target="_top">Jens Dietrich</A>
 * @version 3.4 <7 March 05>
 * @since 1.0
 */
public interface ComplexTerm extends Term, TermContainer {

    /**
     * Get the function.
     * @return the function
     */
    public org.mandarax.kernel.Function getFunction();

    /**
     * Set a new function.
     * @param f the function
     */
    public void setFunction(Function f);
}