openlist.Symbol Class Reference
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Detailed Description
The
Symbol class represents interned Strings. Each is guarnteed to be stored uniquely if the function intern is applied to return the reference to the symbol.
- Author:
- Robert Keller
Member Function Documentation
| int openlist.Symbol.compareTo |
( |
Object |
other |
) |
|
Compare this Symbol to another, based on String comparision of printNames.
- Parameters:
-
| other | the Object to which this Symbol is compared |
- Returns:
- a negative number if this compares less than the argument, 0 if it compares equal to the argument, and a positive number otherwise
| boolean openlist.Symbol.equals |
( |
Object |
ob |
) |
|
Two Symbols are equal iff they are the same Symbol.
- Parameters:
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| ob | the Object to which this Symbol is compared for equality |
- Returns:
- true if this Symbol is the same as the argument
| static Symbol openlist.Symbol.intern |
( |
String |
name |
) |
[static] |
Intern a String as a symbol. If the Symbol named by the string already exists, that symbol is returned. Otherwise a new symbol is created with the name, and that is returned.
- Parameters:
-
- Returns:
- the Symbol that interns the named String
| String openlist.Symbol.toString |
( |
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) |
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the printable name of this Symbol
- Returns:
- the name of this Symbol
Member Data Documentation
The printable name for this symbol.
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