org.encog.nlp.memory
Class AliasConcept

java.lang.Object
  org.encog.nlp.memory.Concept
      org.encog.nlp.memory.VarConcept
          org.encog.nlp.memory.AliasConcept

public class AliasConcept
extends VarConcept

An alias concept is a concept holder. This allows all instances of the Concept to be updated when the value of the alias is changed to a tottally new concept. Note: This class is part of the Encog Natural Language Processing(NLP) package. This package is still under heavy construction, and will not be considered stable until Encog 3.0.

Author:

jheaton

Constructor Summary

AliasConcept()
Creates a new instance of AliasConcept

Method Summary

boolean	equals(java.lang.Object obj)
java.lang.String	getContents()
long	getSerialNumber()
boolean	isEmpty()
Concept	makeSolid()
java.lang.String	save()
void	setTargetConcept(VarConcept targetConcept)
java.lang.String	toString()

Methods inherited from class org.encog.nlp.memory.Concept

compareSingle, hashCode

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

AliasConcept

public AliasConcept()

Creates a new instance of AliasConcept

Method Detail

setTargetConcept

public void setTargetConcept(VarConcept targetConcept)

getContents

public java.lang.String getContents()

Overrides:

getContents in class VarConcept

equals

public boolean equals(java.lang.Object obj)

Overrides:

equals in class VarConcept

isEmpty

public boolean isEmpty()

Overrides:

isEmpty in class VarConcept

getSerialNumber

public long getSerialNumber()

Overrides:

getSerialNumber in class VarConcept

save

public java.lang.String save()

Overrides:

save in class VarConcept

makeSolid

public Concept makeSolid()

Overrides:

makeSolid in class Concept

toString

public java.lang.String toString()

Overrides:

toString in class VarConcept