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com.meyling.principia.logic.basic
Class ExistentialQuantifier

java.lang.Object
  extended bycom.meyling.principia.argument.AbstractArgument
      extended bycom.meyling.principia.argument.AbstractArgumentList
          extended bycom.meyling.principia.logic.basic.AbstractFormula
              extended bycom.meyling.principia.logic.basic.Quantifier
                  extended bycom.meyling.principia.logic.basic.ExistentialQuantifier
All Implemented Interfaces:
Argument, Formula

public class ExistentialQuantifier
extends Quantifier

Existential quantifier, logical "exists".

Version:
$Revision: 1.5 $
Author:
Michael Meyling

Constructor Summary
ExistentialQuantifier(Argument[] arguments)
          Constructs a logical existential quantifier.
 
Method Summary
 Argument create(Argument[] arguments)
          Create a new Argument with given arguments.
 String toString()
          Get the argument in String form.
 
Methods inherited from class com.meyling.principia.logic.basic.Quantifier
getBoundSubjectVariables, getFreeSubjectVariables, getPartFormula, getPartFormulaSize, getSubjectVariables, getVariable
 
Methods inherited from class com.meyling.principia.logic.basic.AbstractFormula
createPattern, replaceBoundSubjectVariable, replaceBoundSubjectVariables
 
Methods inherited from class com.meyling.principia.argument.AbstractArgumentList
copy, getArgument, getArgumentSize
 
Methods inherited from class com.meyling.principia.argument.AbstractArgument
containsPatternVariables, equals, getHighestNumber, getPatternVariables, getReplacementParents, getSearchParents, hashCode, matches, matches, replace, replace, replace, replaceMatches
 
Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
clone, finalize, getClass, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait
 
Methods inherited from interface com.meyling.principia.argument.Argument
containsPatternVariables, copy, equals, getArgument, getArgumentSize, getPatternVariables, getReplacementParents, getSearchParents, hashCode, matches, matches, replace, replace, replace, replaceMatches
 
Methods inherited from interface com.meyling.principia.logic.basic.Formula
replaceBoundSubjectVariable, replaceBoundSubjectVariables
 

Constructor Detail

ExistentialQuantifier

public ExistentialQuantifier(Argument[] arguments)
                      throws ArgumentException
Constructs a logical existential quantifier.

Parameters:
arguments - subject variable and formula to operate on
Throws:
ArgumentException - if there are not exactly two arguments ore the first argument is not an instance of SubjectVariableMarker or the second argument is not an instance of Formula or the subject variable is not free in the formula
Method Detail

create

public final Argument create(Argument[] arguments)
                      throws ArgumentException
Description copied from interface: Argument
Create a new Argument with given arguments.

Specified by:
create in interface Argument
Specified by:
create in class AbstractArgumentList
Throws:
ArgumentException

toString

public final String toString()
Description copied from interface: Argument
Get the argument in String form.

Specified by:
toString in interface Argument
Specified by:
toString in class AbstractArgumentList

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