org.jacop.constraints

Class And

java.lang.Object

org.jacop.constraints.DecomposedConstraint<Constraint>

org.jacop.constraints.Constraint

org.jacop.constraints.PrimitiveConstraint

org.jacop.constraints.And

All Implemented Interfaces:

SatisfiedPresent, StoreAware, UsesQueueVariable

public class And
extends PrimitiveConstraint
implements UsesQueueVariable

Constraint c1 /\ c2 ... /\ cn

Version:

4.9

Author:

Krzysztof Kuchcinski and Radoslaw Szymanek

Field Summary

Fields

Modifier and Type	Field and Description
protected PrimitiveConstraint[]	listOfC It specifies a list of constraints which must be satisfied to keep And constraint satisfied.

Fields inherited from class org.jacop.constraints.PrimitiveConstraint

notConsistencyPruningEvents

Fields inherited from class org.jacop.constraints.Constraint

atomicExecution, consistencyPruningEvents, constraintScope, earlyTerminationOK, increaseWeight, numberId, scope, trace

Fields inherited from class org.jacop.constraints.DecomposedConstraint

queueIndex

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
And(List<PrimitiveConstraint> listOfC) It constructs an And constraint based on primitive constraints.
And(PrimitiveConstraint[] c) It constructs an And constraint over an array of primitive constraints.
And(PrimitiveConstraint c1, PrimitiveConstraint c2) It constructs a simple And constraint based on two primitive constraints.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
void	consistency(Store store) It is a (most probably incomplete) consistency function which removes the values from variables domains.
int	getDefaultConsistencyPruningEvent()
protected int	getDefaultNotConsistencyPruningEvent()
int	getNestedPruningEvent(Var var, boolean mode) It retrieves the pruning event for which any composed constraint which uses this constraint should be evaluated.
void	notConsistency(Store store) It makes pruning in such a way that constraint is notConsistent.
boolean	notSatisfied() It checks if constraint would be always not satisfied.
void	queueVariable(int level, Var variable) This is a function called to indicate which variable in a scope of constraint has changed.
boolean	satisfied() It checks if the constraint is satisfied.
String	toString() It produces a string representation of a constraint state.

Methods inherited from class org.jacop.constraints.PrimitiveConstraint

getDefaultNestedConsistencyPruningEvent, getDefaultNestedNotConsistencyPruningEvent, getNotConsistencyPruningEvent, impose, include, setNotConsistencyPruningEvent

Methods inherited from class org.jacop.constraints.Constraint

afc, arguments, cleanAfterFailure, decompose, getConsistencyPruningEvent, getGuideConstraint, getGuideValue, getGuideVariable, grounded, grounded, id, impose, imposeDecomposition, increaseWeight, intArrayToString, long2int, numberArgs, removeConstraint, requiresMonotonicity, setConsistencyPruningEvent, setConstraintScope, setScope, setScope, setScope, setScope, setScope, setWatchedVariableGrounded, supplyGuideFeedback, updateAFC, watchedVariableGrounded

Methods inherited from class org.jacop.constraints.DecomposedConstraint

auxiliaryVariables, checkInput, checkInput, checkInputForDuplication, checkInputForDuplicationSkipSingletons, checkInputForNullness, checkInputForNullness, checkInputForNullness, derivative, getDubletonsSkipSingletons, imposeDecomposition

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

listOfC

protected final PrimitiveConstraint[] listOfC

It specifies a list of constraints which must be satisfied to keep And constraint satisfied.

Constructor Detail

And

public And(List<PrimitiveConstraint> listOfC)

It constructs an And constraint based on primitive constraints. The constraint is satisfied if all constraints are satisfied.

Parameters:

listOfC - arraylist of constraints

And

public And(PrimitiveConstraint c1,
           PrimitiveConstraint c2)

It constructs a simple And constraint based on two primitive constraints.

Parameters:

c1 - the first primitive constraint

c2 - the second primitive constraint

And

public And(PrimitiveConstraint[] c)

It constructs an And constraint over an array of primitive constraints.

Parameters:

c - an array of primitive constraints constituting the And constraint.

Method Detail

consistency

public void consistency(Store store)

Description copied from class: Constraint

It is a (most probably incomplete) consistency function which removes the values from variables domains. Only values which do not have any support in a solution space are removed.

Specified by:

consistency in class Constraint

Parameters:

store - constraint store within which the constraint consistency is being checked.

getNestedPruningEvent

public int getNestedPruningEvent(Var var,
                                 boolean mode)

Description copied from class: PrimitiveConstraint

It retrieves the pruning event for which any composed constraint which uses this constraint should be evaluated. This events are the ones which can change satisfied status?

Overrides:

getNestedPruningEvent in class PrimitiveConstraint

Parameters:

var - for which pruning event is retrieved

mode - decides if pruning event for consistency or nonconsistency is required.

Returns:

pruning event associated with the given variable for a given consistency mode.

getDefaultNotConsistencyPruningEvent

protected int getDefaultNotConsistencyPruningEvent()

Specified by:

getDefaultNotConsistencyPruningEvent in class PrimitiveConstraint

getDefaultConsistencyPruningEvent

public int getDefaultConsistencyPruningEvent()

Specified by:

getDefaultConsistencyPruningEvent in class Constraint

notConsistency

public void notConsistency(Store store)

Description copied from class: PrimitiveConstraint

It makes pruning in such a way that constraint is notConsistent. It removes values which always belong to a solution.

Specified by:

notConsistency in class PrimitiveConstraint

Parameters:

store - the constraint store in which context the notConsistency technique is evaluated.

queueVariable

public void queueVariable(int level,
                          Var variable)

Description copied from class: Constraint

This is a function called to indicate which variable in a scope of constraint has changed. It also indicates a store level at which the change has occurred.

Overrides:

queueVariable in class Constraint

Parameters:

level - the level of the store at which the change has occurred.

variable - variable which has changed.

notSatisfied

public boolean notSatisfied()

Description copied from class: PrimitiveConstraint

It checks if constraint would be always not satisfied.

Specified by:

notSatisfied in class PrimitiveConstraint

Returns:

true if constraint must be notSatisfied, false otherwise.

satisfied

public boolean satisfied()

Description copied from interface: SatisfiedPresent

It checks if the constraint is satisfied. It can return false even if constraint is satisfied but not all variables in its scope are grounded. It needs to return true if all variables in its scope are grounded and constraint is satisfied.

Implementations of this interface for constraints that are not PrimitiveConstraint may require constraint imposition and consistency check as a requirement to work correctly.

Specified by:

satisfied in interface SatisfiedPresent

Returns:

true if constraint is possible to verify that it is satisfied.

toString

public String toString()

Description copied from class: Constraint

It produces a string representation of a constraint state.

Overrides:

toString in class Constraint