org.lsmp.djep.groupJep.groups
Class Group

java.lang.Object
  org.lsmp.djep.groupJep.groups.Group

All Implemented Interfaces:

GroupI

Direct Known Subclasses:

BigReals, FreeGroup, Integers, PermutationGroup, Quaternions, Rationals, Reals, Zn

public abstract class Group
extends java.lang.Object
implements GroupI

Base abstract class for all groups.

Author:

Rich Morris Created on 06-Mar-2004

Constructor Summary

Group()

Method Summary

void	addStandardConstants(JEP j) adds the standard constants for this group.
void	addStandardFunctions(JEP j) adds the standard function for this group By default does nothing.
NumberFactory	getNumberFactory() returns a number factory for creating group elements from strings
boolean	isConstantPoly(java.lang.Number a) Default implementation.
java.lang.String	toString()

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Methods inherited from interface org.lsmp.djep.groupJep.GroupI

add, equals, getInverse, getZERO, sub, valueOf

Constructor Detail

Group

public Group()

Method Detail

getNumberFactory

public NumberFactory getNumberFactory()

returns a number factory for creating group elements from strings

Specified by:

getNumberFactory in interface GroupI

addStandardConstants

public void addStandardConstants(JEP j)

adds the standard constants for this group. By default does nothing.

Specified by:

addStandardConstants in interface GroupI

addStandardFunctions

public void addStandardFunctions(JEP j)

adds the standard function for this group By default does nothing.

Specified by:

addStandardFunctions in interface GroupI

toString

public java.lang.String toString()

Overrides:

toString in class java.lang.Object

isConstantPoly

public boolean isConstantPoly(java.lang.Number a)

Default implementation. Returns true.

Specified by:

isConstantPoly in interface GroupI