inria.meije.rc.sugarcubes
Interface Configuration

All Superinterfaces:

java.io.Serializable

public interface Configuration

extends java.io.Serializable

A configuration in SugarCubes is a boolean expression made of status of events. The Configuration interface allows the programmer to handle such configurations without having to take care of implementation details of such expressions.

Note: A SugarCubes programmer should never implements that interface in any of its own object, as it is definitely not sufficient to implement a configuration. A developer API exists (not documented yet) in SugarCubes for people interested in extending SugarCubes with new Instructions and new Configurations or creating its own implementation of a reactive machine (see inria.meije.rc.sugarcubes.implementation package of the SugarCubes). The purpose of this interface is only to give a minimal type to handle Configuration expressions in a program.

To build configuration the programmer must use the appropriate methods of the class SC.

See Also:

SC.and, SC.or, SC.not, SC.presence

Method Summary

Configuration	getCopy() Allows one to get a copy of a configuration.
java.lang.String	toString() Returns a string representing the configuration using the syntax of the Reactive Scripts.

Method Detail

getCopy

public Configuration getCopy()

Allows one to get a copy of a configuration. As reactive instructions and configurations are not reentrant in SugarCubes, the user should use this method to duplicate the configuration in any point of a reactive program.

toString

public java.lang.String toString()

Returns a string representing the configuration using the syntax of the Reactive Scripts.

Overrides:

toString in class java.lang.Object