Term (Tweety (Commons Logic) 1.17 API)

Type Parameters:

T - the type of values

All Superinterfaces:

LogicStructure

All Known Implementing Classes:

Constant, FunctionalTerm, NumberTerm, StringTerm, TermAdapter, Variable
```
public interface Term<T>
extends LogicStructure
```
A term of a logical language, that can be given as argument for logical constructs like atoms or functors. A term can have a Sort which gives it a types, the default Sort which is also used by untyped languages is "Thing".

Author:

Matthias Thimm, Tim Janus

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`Term<?>`	`clone()`	Creates a deep copy of the term
`T`	`get()`
`Sort`	`getSort()`
`void`	`set(T value)`	Changes the java-object representation of the term to the given value.
`Term<?>`	`substitute(Term<?> v, Term<?> t)`	Substitutes all occurrences of term "v" in this term by term "t" and returns the new term.

Methods inherited from interface net.sf.tweety.logics.commons.syntax.interfaces.LogicStructure
containsTermsOfType, getTerms, getTerms

- Method Detail
  - set
```
void set(T value)
```
    Changes the java-object representation of the term to the given value.
    
    Parameters:
    
    value - The new java-object representation of the term.
  - get
```
T get()
```
    Returns:
    
    the java-object representation of the term.
  - substitute
```
Term<?> substitute(Term<?> v,
                   Term<?> t)
            throws IllegalArgumentException
```
    Substitutes all occurrences of term "v" in this term by term "t" and returns the new term.
    
    Parameters:
    
    v - the term to be substituted.
    
    t - the term to substitute.
    
    Returns:
    
    a term where every occurrence of "v" is replaced by "t".
    
    Throws:
    
    IllegalArgumentException - if "v" and "t" are of different sorts (NOTE: this exception is only thrown when "v" actually appears in this formula)
  - getSort
```
Sort getSort()
```
    Returns:
    
    the sort (type) of this term.
  - clone
```
Term<?> clone()
```
    Creates a deep copy of the term
    
    Returns:
    
    the clone