gate.jape
Class LeftHandSide

java.lang.Object
  gate.jape.LeftHandSide

All Implemented Interfaces:

JapeConstants, Serializable

public class LeftHandSide
extends Object
implements JapeConstants, Serializable

The LHS of a CPSL rule. The pattern part. Has a ConstraintGroup and binding information that associates labels with ComplexPatternElements. Provides the Matcher interface.

See Also:

Serialized Form

Field Summary

private HashMap	bindingTable Mapping of binding names to ComplexPatternElements
private ConstraintGroup	constraintGroup The constraint group making up this LHS.
private static boolean	DEBUG Debug flag

Fields inherited from interface gate.jape.JapeConstants

ALL_STYLE, APPELT_STYLE, BRILL_STYLE, DEFAULT_PRIORITY, FIRST_STYLE, INDENT_PADDING, KLEENE_PLUS, KLEENE_QUERY, KLEENE_STAR, MULTI_SPAN_BINDING, NO_BINDING, NO_KLEENE_OP, ONCE_STYLE, SINGLE_SPAN_BINDING

Constructor Summary

LeftHandSide(ConstraintGroup constraintGroup)
Construction from a ConstraintGroup

Method Summary

void	addBinding(String bindingName, ComplexPatternElement binding, HashSet bindingNameSet, boolean macroRef) Add a binding record.
void	finish() Finish: replace dynamic data structures with Java arrays; called after parsing.
ConstraintGroup	getConstraintGroup() Get the constraint group
String	toString() Create a string representation of the object.
String	toString(String pad) Create a string representation of the object.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

DEBUG

private static final boolean DEBUG

Debug flag

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Constant Field Values

constraintGroup

private ConstraintGroup constraintGroup

The constraint group making up this LHS.

bindingTable

private HashMap bindingTable

Mapping of binding names to ComplexPatternElements

Constructor Detail

LeftHandSide

public LeftHandSide(ConstraintGroup constraintGroup)

Construction from a ConstraintGroup

Method Detail

addBinding

public void addBinding(String bindingName,
                       ComplexPatternElement binding,
                       HashSet bindingNameSet,
                       boolean macroRef)
                throws JapeException

Add a binding record.

Throws:

JapeException

finish

public void finish()

Finish: replace dynamic data structures with Java arrays; called after parsing.

toString

public String toString()

Create a string representation of the object.

Overrides:

toString in class Object

toString

public String toString(String pad)

Create a string representation of the object.

getConstraintGroup

public ConstraintGroup getConstraintGroup()

Get the constraint group