csli.dialog.core.util
Class TermList

java.lang.Object
  csli.dialog.core.util.TermList

All Implemented Interfaces:

Serializable

public class TermList
extends Object
implements Serializable

List of Terms. Note that this does NO error-checking!! If incoming string is an ill-formed term then result is unpredictable ... Author: Lawrence Cavedon, 3/03 7/21/03 : added the ability to parse quoted terms as units. Doesn't support nesting of quote (because there is only one quote character) and has no error checking.

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Serialized Form

Field Summary

protected List

terms

Constructor Summary

TermList()
Default ctor.

TermList(List termList)
Construct TermList from list of Term objects

TermList(String string)
Constructs TermList from comma-separated list of terms

TermList(Term term)
Deprecated. use TermList( A.list(term) ) instead

TermList(Term term1, Term term2)
Deprecated. use TermList( A.list(term1, term2) ) instead

Method Summary

void	addTerm(int index, Term term) Insert a new term at the specified position
void	addTerm(Term term) Insert a new term at the end
Term	getTerm(int n) Return nth Term---indexing starts at 0.
static void	main(String[] params) Simple test program ...
protected String	quotedTerm(String s)
void	setTerm(int index, Term term) Replaces the term at the given positon with the new one
int	size()
protected String	tillMatching(String string, char openChar, char closeChar)
String	toString() Convert this list of Terms to comma-separated string of term-strings

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

terms

protected List terms

Constructor Detail

TermList

public TermList()

Default ctor. Constructs an empty term list

TermList

public TermList(String string)

Constructs TermList from comma-separated list of terms

TermList

public TermList(List termList)

Construct TermList from list of Term objects

TermList

public TermList(Term term)

Deprecated. use TermList( A.list(term) ) instead

TermList

public TermList(Term term1,
                Term term2)

Deprecated. use TermList( A.list(term1, term2) ) instead

Method Detail

size

public int size()

Returns:

the number of children

getTerm

public Term getTerm(int n)

Return nth Term---indexing starts at 0.

addTerm

public void addTerm(Term term)

Insert a new term at the end

addTerm

public void addTerm(int index,
                    Term term)

Insert a new term at the specified position

setTerm

public void setTerm(int index,
                    Term term)

Replaces the term at the given positon with the new one

Parameters:

index -

term -

tillMatching

protected String tillMatching(String string,
                              char openChar,
                              char closeChar)

quotedTerm

protected String quotedTerm(String s)

toString

public String toString()

Convert this list of Terms to comma-separated string of term-strings

Overrides:

toString in class Object

main

public static void main(String[] params)
                 throws Exception

Simple test program ...

Throws:

Exception