Cons

interface Cons: List, Any

Fields

Name Description
open isCons: Boolean

Checks whether the current term is a cons. This method is guaranteed to return true if and only if the current term is an instance of Cons.

open isEmptyList: Boolean

Checks whether the current term is an empty logic list. This method is guaranteed to return true if and only if the current term is an instance of EmptyList.

abstract head: Term
abstract tail: Term
open functor: String

The functor of this Struct.

open arity: Int

The total amount of arguments of this Struct. This is equal to the length of args.

Methods

freshCopy

abstract fun freshCopy(): Cons

Returns a fresh copy of this Term, that is, an instance of Term which is equal to the current one in any aspect, except variables directly or indirectly contained into this Term, which are refreshed. This means that it could return itself, if no variable is present (ground term), or a new Term with freshly generated variables.

Variables are refreshed consistently, meaning that, if more variables exists within this Term having the same name, all fresh copies of such variables will have the same complete name.

Example: "f(X, g(X))".freshCopy() returns something like "f(X_1, g(X_1))" instead of "f(X_1, g(X_2))"

Notice that, if the current term is ground, the same object may be returned as a result by this method.

ReturnValue

Name Description
Cons

a fresh copy of the current term which is different because variables are consistently renamed

freshCopy

abstract fun freshCopy(scope: Scope): Cons

Returns a fresh copy of this Term, similarly to freshCopy, possibly reusing variables from the provided scope, if any

Parameters

Name Description
scope: Scope

the Scope containing variables to be used in copying

ReturnValue

Name Description
Cons

a fresh copy of the current term which is different because variables are consistently renamed

asCons

open fun asCons(): Cons

Casts the current Term to Cons, if possible, or returns null otherwise

ReturnValue

Name Description
Cons

the current Term, casted to Cons, or null, if the current term is not an instance of Cons

Extensions

toClause

fun Term.toClause(source: Any?, line: Int, column: Int): Clause

Receiver

Name Description
Term

Parameters

Name Description
source: Any?
line: Int
column: Int

ReturnValue

Name Description
Clause

unfoldGoals

fun Term.unfoldGoals(): Sequence<Term>

Receiver

Name Description
Term

ReturnValue

Name Description
Sequence<Term>

toGoals

fun Term.toGoals(): Cursor<Term>

Receiver

Name Description
Term

ReturnValue

Name Description
Cursor<Term>

isWellFormed

fun Term.isWellFormed(): Boolean

Check whether the receiver term is a well-formed predication

Receiver

Name Description
Term

ReturnValue

Name Description
Boolean

prepareForExecutionAsGoal

fun Term.prepareForExecutionAsGoal(): Struct

Prepares the receiver Goal for execution

For example, the goal A is transformed, after preparation for execution, as the Term: call(A)

Receiver

Name Description
Term

ReturnValue

Name Description
Struct

extractSignature

fun Struct.extractSignature(): Signature

Extracts this Struct indicator and converts it to Signature

Receiver

Name Description
Struct

ReturnValue

Name Description
Signature

evalAsExpression

fun Term.evalAsExpression(request: Request<*>, index: Int?): Term

Receiver

Name Description
Term

Parameters

Name Description
request: Request<*>
index: Int?

ReturnValue

Name Description
Term

evalAsArithmeticExpression

fun Term.evalAsArithmeticExpression(request: Request<*>, index: Int?): Numeric

Receiver

Name Description
Term

Parameters

Name Description
request: Request<*>
index: Int?

ReturnValue

Name Description
Numeric

eq

infix fun Term.eq(that: Term): Equation

Creates an equation with this and that terms

Receiver

Name Description
Term

Parameters

Name Description
that: Term

ReturnValue

Name Description
Equation

CompanionObject

Cons

interface Cons: List, Any

Fields

Name Description
const FUNCTOR: String

Methods

of

fun of(head: Term, tail: Term): Cons

Parameters

Name Description
head: Term
tail: Term

ReturnValue

Name Description
Cons

singleton

fun singleton(head: Term): Cons

Parameters

Name Description
head: Term

ReturnValue

Name Description
Cons