orc.ast.simple.type
Class FreeTypeVariable

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

All Implemented Interfaces:

java.lang.Comparable<FreeTypeVariable>

public class FreeTypeVariable
extends Type
implements java.lang.Comparable<FreeTypeVariable>

A free type variable.

Author:

dkitchin

Field Summary

java.lang.String

name

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

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Constructor Summary

FreeTypeVariable(java.lang.String name)

Method Summary

int	compareTo(FreeTypeVariable f)
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).
java.lang.String	toString()

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, wait, wait, wait

Field Detail

name

public java.lang.String name

Constructor Detail

FreeTypeVariable

public FreeTypeVariable(java.lang.String name)

Method Detail

compareTo

public int compareTo(FreeTypeVariable f)

Specified by:

compareTo in interface java.lang.Comparable<FreeTypeVariable>

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

toString

public java.lang.String toString()

Overrides:

toString in class java.lang.Object