gpsys
Class Primitive

java.lang.Object
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Direct Known Subclasses:

Function, Terminal

public abstract class Primitive

extends java.lang.Object

implements java.io.Serializable

A Primitive is unit of an evolved program. Users should never try to extend this class directly to create their own primitives. Instead they should extend the derived classes Function, Terminal, ADFunction or ADTerminal.

Version:

$Revision: 1.1 $, $Date: 2000/07/05 16:21:25 $

Author:

Adil Qureshi

Department of Computer Science,

University College London,

Gower St,

London WC1E 6BT,

UK.

See Also:

Terminal, Function, ADTerminal, ADFunction, Serialized Form

Field Summary

Type	type The type returned by this primitive.

Constructor Summary

Primitive()

Method Summary

abstract Primitive	instance() Creates a new instance of this primitive.
abstract java.lang.String	toString() Creates a String representation of this primitive.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

, clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, registerNatives, wait, wait, wait

Field Detail

type

public Type type

The type returned by this primitive.

Constructor Detail

Primitive

public Primitive()

Method Detail

instance

public abstract Primitive instance()

Creates a new instance of this primitive.

Returns:

returns a new instance of this primitive.

toString

public abstract java.lang.String toString()

Creates a String representation of this primitive.

Returns:

The String representation of this primitive.

Overrides:

toString in class java.lang.Object