com.clarkparsia.pellet.rules

Interface BindingHelper

All Known Implementing Classes:

DataRangeBindingHelper, DatavaluePropertyBindingHelper, ObjectVariableBindingHelper

public interface BindingHelper

Title: Binding Helper

Description: Binding helper interface.

Copyright: Copyright (c) 2007

Company: Clark & Parsia, LLC.

Author:

Ron Alford

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
Collection<? extends AtomVariable>	getBindableVars(Collection<AtomVariable> bound) Returns a set of variables which this binding helper can bind.
Collection<? extends AtomVariable>	getPrerequisiteVars(Collection<AtomVariable> bound) Returns a set of variables which must be bound before this helper can generate bindings.
void	rebind(VariableBinding newBinding) Set the incoming binding for this helper.
boolean	selectNextBinding() Selects the next binding.
void	setCurrentBinding(VariableBinding currentBinding) Set the variables this pattern uses in the given map.

Method Detail

getBindableVars

Collection<? extends AtomVariable> getBindableVars(Collection<AtomVariable> bound)

Returns a set of variables which this binding helper can bind.

getPrerequisiteVars

Collection<? extends AtomVariable> getPrerequisiteVars(Collection<AtomVariable> bound)

Returns a set of variables which must be bound before this helper can generate bindings.

rebind

void rebind(VariableBinding newBinding)

Set the incoming binding for this helper. This fixes any variables that are already bound by a preceding Binding Helper.

Parameters:

newBinding - Binding map. Implementation will copy map if needed.

selectNextBinding

boolean selectNextBinding()

Selects the next binding.

Returns:

True if a binding was available for this pattern given the initial binding. False otherwise. Will return if the binding is not set.

setCurrentBinding

void setCurrentBinding(VariableBinding currentBinding)

Set the variables this pattern uses in the given map.

Parameters:

currentBinding -