org.jacop.set.constraints

Class CardA

java.lang.Object

org.jacop.constraints.DecomposedConstraint<Constraint>

org.jacop.constraints.Constraint

org.jacop.set.constraints.CardA

All Implemented Interfaces:

SatisfiedPresent

public class CardA
extends Constraint
implements SatisfiedPresent

The set cardinality constraint.

Version:

4.9

Author:

Radoslaw Szymanek and Krzysztof Kuchcinski

Field Summary

Fields

Modifier and Type	Field and Description
SetVar	a It specifies a set variable x which is being restricted.
IntDomain	cardinality It specifies variable c specifying the possible cardinality of variable x.

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
CardA(SetVar a, int c) It constructs a cardinality constraint to restrict the number of elements in the set assigned to a set variable a.
CardA(SetVar a, IntDomain c) It constructs a cardinality constraint to restrict the number of elements in the set assigned to set variable a.
CardA(SetVar a, int min, int max) It constructs a cardinality constraint to restrict the number of elements in the set assigned to set variable a.

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()
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.Constraint

afc, arguments, cleanAfterFailure, decompose, getConsistencyPruningEvent, getGuideConstraint, getGuideValue, getGuideVariable, grounded, grounded, id, impose, impose, imposeDecomposition, increaseWeight, intArrayToString, long2int, numberArgs, queueVariable, 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

a

public SetVar a

It specifies a set variable x which is being restricted.

cardinality

public IntDomain cardinality

It specifies variable c specifying the possible cardinality of variable x.

Constructor Detail

CardA

public CardA(SetVar a,
             int c)

It constructs a cardinality constraint to restrict the number of elements in the set assigned to a set variable a.

Parameters:

a - variable that is restricted to have the cardinality c.

c - the value specifying cardinality of variable a.

CardA

public CardA(SetVar a,
             IntDomain c)

It constructs a cardinality constraint to restrict the number of elements in the set assigned to set variable a.

Parameters:

a - variable that is restricted to have the cardinality c.

c - domain for the cardinality variable.

CardA

public CardA(SetVar a,
             int min,
             int max)

It constructs a cardinality constraint to restrict the number of elements in the set assigned to set variable a.

Parameters:

a - variable that is restricted to have the cardinality [min, max].

min - the minimum value possible for the cardinality of a.

max - the maximum value possible for the cardinality of a.

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.

getDefaultConsistencyPruningEvent

public int getDefaultConsistencyPruningEvent()

Specified by:

getDefaultConsistencyPruningEvent in class Constraint

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