orc.ast.simple.type
Class Datatype

java.lang.Object
  orc.ast.simple.type.Type
      orc.ast.simple.type.Datatype

public class Datatype
extends Type

A syntactic type encompassing all of the information associated with a datatype.

Author:

dkitchin

Field Summary

java.util.List<TypeVariable>	formals
java.util.List<java.util.List<Type>>	members
TypeVariable	typename

Fields inherited from class orc.ast.simple.type.Type

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Constructor Summary

Datatype(TypeVariable typename, java.util.List<java.util.List<Type>> members, java.util.List<TypeVariable> formals)

Method Summary

Type	convert(Env<TypeVariable> env) Convert this syntactic type into an actual type, given an appropriate type context
Type	subst(Type T, FreeTypeVariable X) Performs the substitution [T/X], replacing occurrences of the free type variable X with the type T (which could be any type, including another variable).

Methods inherited from class orc.ast.simple.type.Type

convertAll, subMap, substAll, substMaybe, subvar

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

typename

public TypeVariable typename

members

public java.util.List<java.util.List<Type>> members

formals

public java.util.List<TypeVariable> formals

Constructor Detail

Datatype

public Datatype(TypeVariable typename,
                java.util.List<java.util.List<Type>> members,
                java.util.List<TypeVariable> formals)

Method Detail

convert

public Type convert(Env<TypeVariable> env)
             throws TypeException

Description copied from class: Type

Convert this syntactic type into an actual type, given an appropriate type context

Specified by:

convert in class Type

Parameters:

env - The type environment, used in content addressable mode to find the appropriate deBruijn index of a type variable.

Returns:

A new node.

Throws:

TypeException

subst

public Type subst(Type T,
                  FreeTypeVariable X)

Description copied from class: Type

Performs the substitution [T/X], replacing occurrences of the free type variable X with the type T (which could be any type, including another variable).

Specified by:

subst in class Type

Parameters:

T - The replacing type

X - The free type variable whose occurrences will be replaced

Returns:

A new copy of the type with the substitution performed