com.haley.haleyrules
Interface Assertion

All Superinterfaces:

KnowledgeBaseObject, WorkingMemoryObject

All Known Subinterfaces:

RelationAssertion, TemplateAssertion

public interface Assertion

extends WorkingMemoryObject

The Assertion interface is used to assert facts into a WorkingMemory.

Author:

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Method Summary

void	assertFact() Asserts a fact corresponding to the contents of the assertion and the assertion is left in the same state as after a reset() even if an exception is thrown.
void	reset() This method resets the assertion to its initial state.

Methods inherited from interface com.haley.haleyrules.WorkingMemoryObject

getWorkingMemory

Methods inherited from interface com.haley.haleyrules.KnowledgeBaseObject

getKnowledgeBase, release

Method Detail

assertFact

public void assertFact()
                throws EclipseException

Asserts a fact corresponding to the contents of the assertion and the assertion is left in the same state as after a reset() even if an exception is thrown.

Throws:

EclipseException - if the assertion has been released

EclipseException - if the knowledge base has been deleted

See Also:

Relation.beginAssertion(WorkingMemory), Template.beginAssertion(WorkingMemory)

reset

public void reset()
           throws EclipseException

This method resets the assertion to its initial state.

Throws:

EclipseException - if the assertion has been released

EclipseException - if the knowledge base has been deleted

See Also:

Relation.beginAssertion(WorkingMemory), Template.beginAssertion(WorkingMemory)