JaCoP.core
Interface MutableVarValue

All Known Implementing Classes:

MutableDomainValue

public interface MutableVarValue

Standard mutable variable's value definition

Version:

3.1

Author:

Krzysztof Kuchcinski and Radoslaw Szymanek

Method Summary

java.lang.Object	clone() It clones the value of mutable variable.
MutableVarValue	previous() It returns the earlier value of mutable variable.
void	setPrevious(MutableVarValue o) It replaces the earlier value of a mutable variable with value passed as parameter.
void	setStamp(int stamp) It sets the stamp of value of mutable variable.
int	stamp() It returns the stamp value of value of mutable variable.
java.lang.String	toString() It returns string representation of the current value of mutable variable.

Method Detail

clone

java.lang.Object clone()

It clones the value of mutable variable. It includes the stamp, pointer to earlier value, and current value of variable.

Returns:

clone of the mutable variable value.

previous

MutableVarValue previous()

It returns the earlier value of mutable variable.

Returns:

earlier value of mutable variable.

setPrevious

void setPrevious(MutableVarValue o)

It replaces the earlier value of a mutable variable with value passed as parameter.

Parameters:

o - the previous value for this mutable variable.

setStamp

void setStamp(int stamp)

It sets the stamp of value of mutable variable.

Parameters:

stamp - the new stamp of value of mutable variable

stamp

int stamp()

It returns the stamp value of value of mutable variable.

Returns:

the current stamp of value of mutable variable.

toString

java.lang.String toString()

It returns string representation of the current value of mutable variable.

Overrides:

toString in class java.lang.Object