org.deri.iris.builtins
Class NotExactEqualBuiltin

java.lang.Object
  extended by org.deri.iris.builtins.AbstractBuiltin
      extended by org.deri.iris.builtins.BooleanBuiltin
          extended by org.deri.iris.builtins.NotExactEqualBuiltin
All Implemented Interfaces:
Comparable<IAtom>, IAtom, IBuiltinAtom

public class NotExactEqualBuiltin
extends BooleanBuiltin

Built-in to compare two terms for exact inequality. Two terms are exactly not equal if they either: a) have different types b) have the same type, but have different values. This comparison respects floating point round-off errors.


Field Summary
 
Fields inherited from class org.deri.iris.builtins.AbstractBuiltin
EMPTY_TERM
 
Constructor Summary
NotExactEqualBuiltin(ITerm... terms)
          Constructs a built-in.
 
Method Summary
protected  boolean computeResult(ITerm[] terms)
          Compute the result of the comparison.
 
Methods inherited from class org.deri.iris.builtins.BooleanBuiltin
evaluateTerms
 
Methods inherited from class org.deri.iris.builtins.AbstractBuiltin
compareTo, equals, evaluate, getPredicate, getTuple, hashCode, isBuiltin, isGround, maxUnknownVariables, toString
 
Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
clone, finalize, getClass, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait
 

Constructor Detail

NotExactEqualBuiltin

public NotExactEqualBuiltin(ITerm... terms)
Constructs a built-in. Two terms must be passed to the constructor, otherwise an exception will be thrown.

Parameters:
terms - the terms
Method Detail

computeResult

protected boolean computeResult(ITerm[] terms)
Description copied from class: BooleanBuiltin
Compute the result of the comparison.

Specified by:
computeResult in class BooleanBuiltin
Parameters:
terms - The terms
Returns:
The result of the comparison.