X-Git-Url: http://git.megacz.com/?p=sbp.git;a=blobdiff_plain;f=src%2Fedu%2Fberkeley%2Fsbp%2FAtom.java;h=a9e89814225a8de049de9e2f062ddad58f09f13b;hp=daa3d495e75c50a6dc04b6f31ccd7b23c1bc116e;hb=dc9bb3a45ed306e2e35549076842b3e74efecb48;hpb=2c1c0293545f3d12c23220fd05c663e6aa3f3de1 diff --git a/src/edu/berkeley/sbp/Atom.java b/src/edu/berkeley/sbp/Atom.java index daa3d49..a9e8981 100644 --- a/src/edu/berkeley/sbp/Atom.java +++ b/src/edu/berkeley/sbp/Atom.java @@ -1,24 +1,23 @@ +// (C) 2006-2007 all rights reserved; see LICENSE file for BSD-style license + package edu.berkeley.sbp; -import java.io.*; -import java.util.*; -import java.lang.reflect.*; -import java.lang.ref.*; import edu.berkeley.sbp.util.*; -import edu.berkeley.sbp.*; -import edu.berkeley.sbp.*; /** - * an element which matches some set of one-token-long input strings. + * + * an element which matches some set of one-token-long input strings + * . * *

- * This class is a topology over itself (yes, that's sort of Frege'd - * up) so that Atoms can be intersected and unioned with each other - * to result in other Atom's (rather than raw Topology's, which - * are not Elements). If you want the latter, use the - * getTokenTopology() method. + * This class is a topology over itself (yes, this is impredicative). + * This means that you can call Atom.union(Atom) and get back an Atom. + * If you are interested in the topology of tokens which this + * Atom can match, use the getTokenTopology() method. *

*/ -public abstract class Atom extends Element implements Topology> { +public abstract class Atom + extends Element + implements Topology> { /** the set (topology) of tokens that can match this element */ public abstract Topology getTokenTopology();