com.ibm.able
Class AbleUserDefinedFunction

java.lang.Object
  com.ibm.able.AbleMethodAdaptor
      com.ibm.able.AbleUserDefinedFunction

All Implemented Interfaces:

AbleClearable, java.io.Serializable

public class AbleUserDefinedFunction

extends AbleMethodAdaptor

implements java.io.Serializable

An AbleUserDefinedFunction is a named, encapsulated method that can be used by an Agent or called from within inferencing or scripting rules. The encapsulated method can be in any arbitrary Java Object, and the name given to this encapsulated method can be anything chosen by the user.

See Also:

Serialized Form

Field Summary

Fields inherited from class com.ibm.able.AbleMethodAdaptor

myAdaptorName, myArgList, myArgListClassNames, myArity, myDclMethodSource, myMethod, myMethodName, myMethodSource, myValue

Constructor Summary

AbleUserDefinedFunction(java.lang.String theUserDefinedFunctionName, java.lang.Object theMethodSource, java.lang.reflect.Method theMethod)
Construct a new AbleUserDefinedFunction with the specified name.

AbleUserDefinedFunction(java.lang.String theUserDefinedFunctionName, java.lang.Object theMethodSource, java.lang.String theMethodName, java.lang.Class[] theMethodArgs)
Construct a new AbleUserDefinedFunction with the specified name.

Method Summary

boolean	equals(AbleUserDefinedFunction otherObject) Indicates if an AbleUserDefinedFunction is equivalent to this object by comparing their method values.
int	hashCode()

Methods inherited from class com.ibm.able.AbleMethodAdaptor

clear, clear, equalsNameArity, getMethodName, getName, getNameWithArity, getReturnType, getValue, invoke, setMethodSource, toString

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

AbleUserDefinedFunction

public AbleUserDefinedFunction(java.lang.String theUserDefinedFunctionName,
                               java.lang.Object theMethodSource,
                               java.lang.String theMethodName,
                               java.lang.Class[] theMethodArgs)
                        throws java.lang.NoSuchMethodException

Construct a new AbleUserDefinedFunction with the specified name. The given name is used to refer to a specific method in a specific object, using the specified arguments.

Parameters:

theUserDefinedFunctionName - The name of the user-defined function; it is this name that can be referenced by agents and from within rules.

theMethodSource - The Object that contains the method named below; it is this object on which the method will be invoked.

theMethodName - The name of the method to invoke on the object given above.

theMethodArgs - A list of Class objects that represent the types of arguments required by the named method.

Throws:

java.lang.NoSuchMethodException - If the method or method signature is not defined in the source object.

AbleUserDefinedFunction

public AbleUserDefinedFunction(java.lang.String theUserDefinedFunctionName,
                               java.lang.Object theMethodSource,
                               java.lang.reflect.Method theMethod)

Construct a new AbleUserDefinedFunction with the specified name. The given name is used to refer to a specific method in a specific object. The method may or may not take arguments; this is determined by examining the given method object.

Parameters:

theUserDefinedFunctionName - the name of the user-defined function; it is this name that can be referenced by agents and from within rules.

theMethodSource - the Object that contains the method given below; it is this object on which the method will be invoked.

theMethod - the method to invoke

Method Detail

equals

public boolean equals(AbleUserDefinedFunction otherObject)

Indicates if an AbleUserDefinedFunction is equivalent to this object by comparing their method values.

Returns:

true if the AbleUserDefinedFunction objects both have the same method; false otherwise.

hashCode

public int hashCode()