net.sf.molae.pipe.binop
Class ConstantBinaryFunction<S,T extends S>

java.lang.Object
  net.sf.molae.pipe.binop.AbstractBinaryFunction<S,S,T>
      net.sf.molae.pipe.binop.SymmetricBinaryFunction<S,T>
          net.sf.molae.pipe.binop.ConstantBinaryFunction<S,T>

All Implemented Interfaces:

BinaryFunction<S,S,T>

public final class ConstantBinaryFunction<S,T extends S>
extends SymmetricBinaryFunction<S,T>

A binary operation that returns a constant ingnoring the arguments.

Constructor Summary

ConstantBinaryFunction(T constant)
Constructs a ConstantBinaryFunction object.

Method Summary

T	compute(S arg1, S arg2) Performs a computation on the specified arguments and returns the result of that computation.

Methods inherited from class net.sf.molae.pipe.binop.SymmetricBinaryFunction

getIdentityElement, getSink, isAnIdentityElement, isASink

Methods inherited from class net.sf.molae.pipe.binop.AbstractBinaryFunction

getFirstInverse, getPermuted, isAssociative, isLeftSink, isRightIdentityElement, setFirstInverse, setPermuted, toString

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

ConstantBinaryFunction

public ConstantBinaryFunction(T constant)

Constructs a ConstantBinaryFunction object.

Parameters:

constant - the constant value that is the result of this function.

Method Detail

compute

public T compute(S arg1,
                 S arg2)

Description copied from interface: BinaryFunction

Performs a computation on the specified arguments and returns the result of that computation.

Specified by:

compute in interface BinaryFunction<S,S,T extends S>

Specified by:

compute in class AbstractBinaryFunction<S,S,T extends S>

Parameters:

arg1 - the first argument

arg2 - the second argument

Returns:

the result of the computation