01: /*
02: * Copyright (C) 1999-2004 <A href="http://www-ist.massey.ac.nz/JBDietrich" target="_top">Jens Dietrich</a>
03: *
04: * This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
05: * modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
06: * License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
07: * version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
08: *
09: * This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
10: * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
11: * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
12: * Lesser General Public License for more details.
13: *
14: * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
15: * License along with this library; if not, write to the Free Software
16: * Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA
17: */
18: package org.mandarax.kernel;
19:
20: /**
21: * Complex terms are terms built from functions and subterms. E.g.,
22: * <code>father(Max)</code> would be represented by a complex term.
23: * @see org.mandarax.kernel.ConstantTerm
24: * @see org.mandarax.kernel.VariableTerm
25: * @author <A href="http://www-ist.massey.ac.nz/JBDietrich" target="_top">Jens Dietrich</A>
26: * @version 3.4 <7 March 05>
27: * @since 1.0
28: */
29: public interface ComplexTerm extends Term, TermContainer {
30:
31: /**
32: * Get the function.
33: * @return the function
34: */
35: public org.mandarax.kernel.Function getFunction();
36:
37: /**
38: * Set a new function.
39: * @param f the function
40: */
41: public void setFunction(Function f);
42: }
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