com.haley.haleyrules.eclipsefunction
Class EclipseFunctionWithVariableArguments

java.lang.Object
  com.haley.haleyrules.eclipsefunction.EclipseFunction
      com.haley.haleyrules.eclipsefunction.EclipseFunctionWithVariableArguments

public abstract class EclipseFunctionWithVariableArguments

extends EclipseFunction

The EclipseFunctionWithVariableArguments abstract class provides the necessary public definitions needed to extend the Inference Engine with a function with a variable number of arguments.

See Also:

EclipseFunction

Field Summary

Fields inherited from class com.haley.haleyrules.eclipsefunction.EclipseFunction

JULIAN_RETURN_TYPE, UTC_RETURN_TYPE, VARIABLE

Constructor Summary

EclipseFunctionWithVariableArguments()

Method Summary

abstract java.lang.Object	evaluate(WorkingMemory wm, java.lang.Object[] objects) Returns the object for this function given a working memory and an array of objects.
int	getArity() Implements EclipseFunction.getArity() to return EclipseFunction.VARIABLE

Methods inherited from class com.haley.haleyrules.eclipsefunction.EclipseFunction

getReturnTypeForJavaDate

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

EclipseFunctionWithVariableArguments

public EclipseFunctionWithVariableArguments()

Method Detail

getArity

public final int getArity()

Implements EclipseFunction.getArity() to return EclipseFunction.VARIABLE

Specified by:

getArity in class EclipseFunction

Returns:

EclipseFunction.VARIABLE

evaluate

public abstract java.lang.Object evaluate(WorkingMemory wm,
                                          java.lang.Object[] objects)
                                   throws java.lang.Exception

Returns the object for this function given a working memory and an array of objects.

Parameters:

wm - the working that this function is to be evaluated for.

objects - an array of arguments to this function.

Returns:

the return value of this function.

Throws:

java.lang.Exception - on error.