/******************************************************************
 * File:        ListMapAsObject.java
 * Created by:  Dave Reynolds
 * Created on:  23-Sep-2003
 * 
 * (c) Copyright 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008 Hewlett-Packard Development Company, LP, all rights reserved.
 * [See end of file]
 * $Id: ListMapAsObject.java,v 1.10 2008/01/02 12:06:21 andy_seaborne Exp $
 *****************************************************************/
package com.hp.hpl.jena.reasoner.rulesys.builtins;


import com.hp.hpl.jena.reasoner.rulesys.*;
import com.hp.hpl.jena.graph.*;
import java.util.*;

/**
 * For each element in the RDF list (third argument) it asserts 
 * triples with that as the object and subject and predicate given by arguments
 * one and two. A strange and hacky function, only usable in the head of
 * forward rules.
 * 
 * @author <a href="mailto:der@hplb.hpl.hp.com">Dave Reynolds</a>
 * @version $Revision: 1.10 $ on $Date: 2008/01/02 12:06:21 $
 */
public class ListMapAsObject extends BaseBuiltin {

    /**
     * Return a name for this builtin, normally this will be the name of the 
     * functor that will be used to invoke it.
     */
    public String getName() {
        return "listMapAsObject";
    }
    
    /**
     * Return the expected number of arguments for this functor or 0 if the number is flexible.
     */
    public int getArgLength() {
        return 3;
    }
    
    /**
     * This method is invoked when the builtin is called in a rule head.
     * Such a use is only valid in a forward rule.
     * @param args the array of argument values for the builtin, this is an array 
     * of Nodes.
     * @param length the length of the argument list, may be less than the length of the args array
     * for some rule engines
     * @param context an execution context giving access to other relevant data
     */
    public void headAction(Node[] args, int length, RuleContext context) {
        checkArgs(length, context);
        Node n0 = getArg(0, args, context);
        Node n1 = getArg(1, args, context);
        Node n2 = getArg(2, args, context);
        List l = Util.convertList(n2, context);
        for (Iterator i = l.iterator(); i.hasNext(); ) {
            Node x = (Node)i.next();
            context.add( new Triple(n0, n1, x));
        }
    }
    
}


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