org.matheclipse.core.patternmatching

Class Tester

java.lang.Object

org.matheclipse.core.patternmatching.Tester

All Implemented Interfaces:

java.util.function.Predicate<IExpr>

public class Tester
extends java.lang.Object
implements java.util.function.Predicate<IExpr>

The Tester defines a pattern matching rule set.

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Modifier	Constructor and Description
protected	Tester() The constructor

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
void	caseOf(IExpr patternMatchingRule) Method called in order to add a new pattern-matching rule to this rule-set.
boolean	test(IExpr expression) Main method performing the pattern matching.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Methods inherited from interface java.util.function.Predicate

and, isEqual, negate, or

Constructor Detail

Tester

protected Tester()

The constructor

Method Detail

caseOf

public void caseOf(IExpr patternMatchingRule)

Method called in order to add a new pattern-matching rule to this rule-set.

Parameters:

patternMatchingRule - the pattern-matching rule

test

public boolean test(IExpr expression)

Main method performing the pattern matching.

Specified by:

test in interface java.util.function.Predicate<IExpr>

Parameters:

expression - the object to be matched

Returns:

true if the expression could be matched with one of the pattern-matching rules; false otherwise.