Interface Element<C extends Element<C>>

Type Parameters:
C - element type.
All Superinterfaces:
Comparable<C>, Serializable
All Known Subinterfaces:
AbelianGroupElem<C>, AlgebraElem<A,C>, FieldElem<C>, GcdRingElem<C>, ModulElem<M,C>, MonoidElem<C>, NoncomRingElem<C>, Polynomial<C>, RegularRingElem<C>, RingElem<C>, StarRingElem<C>
All Known Implementing Classes:
AlgebraicNumber, BigComplex, BigDecimal, BigDecimalComplex, BigInteger, BigOctonion, BigQuaternion, BigQuaternionInteger, BigRational, Complex, ComplexAlgebraicNumber, ExpVector, ExpVectorByte, ExpVectorInteger, ExpVectorLong, ExpVectorShort, GenExteriorPolynomial, GenMatrix, GenPolynomial, GenSolvablePolynomial, GenVector, GenWordPolynomial, IndexList, Local, Local, LocalSolvablePolynomial, ModInt, ModInteger, ModLong, Monomial, MultiVarPowerSeries, Product, QLRSolvablePolynomial, Quotient, Quotient, QuotSolvablePolynomial, RealAlgebraicNumber, RealAlgebraicNumber, RecSolvablePolynomial, RecSolvableWordPolynomial, Residue, Residue, ResidueSolvablePolynomial, ResidueSolvableWordPolynomial, SolvableLocal, SolvableLocalResidue, SolvableQuotient, SolvableResidue, UnivPowerSeries, Word, WordResidue
public interface Element<C extends Element<C>> extends Comparable<C>, Serializable
Element interface. Basic functionality of elements, e.g. compareTo, equals, clone.

Note: extension of Cloneable removed in 2012-08-18, clone() is renamed to copy(). See also the discussion in Bloch on Cloning.

  • Method Summary

    Modifier and Type
    Method
    Description
    int
    compareTo(C b)
    Compare this to b.
    C
    copy()
    Clone this Element.
    boolean
    equals(Object b)
    Test if this is equal to b.
    ElemFactory<C>
    factory()
    Get the corresponding element factory.
    int
    hashCode()
    Hashcode of this Element.
    String
    toScript()
    Get a scripting compatible string representation.
    String
    toScriptFactory()
    Get a scripting compatible string representation of the factory.

  • Method Details

    • copy

      C copy()
      Clone this Element.
      Returns:
      Creates and returns a copy of this Element.

    • equals

      boolean equals(Object b)
      Test if this is equal to b.
      Overrides:
      equals in class Object
      Parameters:
      b -
      Returns:
      true if this is equal to b, else false.

    • hashCode

      int hashCode()
      Hashcode of this Element.
      Overrides:
      hashCode in class Object
      Returns:
      the hashCode.

    • compareTo

      int compareTo(C b)
      Compare this to b. I.e. this < b iff this.compareTo(b) < 0. Note: may not be meaningful if structure has no order.
      Specified by:
      compareTo in interface Comparable<C extends Element<C>>
      Parameters:
      b -
      Returns:
      0 if this is equal to b, -1 if this is less then b, else +1.

    • factory

      ElemFactory<C> factory()
      Get the corresponding element factory.
      Returns:
      factory for this Element.

    • toScript

      String toScript()
      Get a scripting compatible string representation.
      Returns:
      script compatible representation for this Element.

    • toScriptFactory

      String toScriptFactory()
      Get a scripting compatible string representation of the factory.
      Returns:
      script compatible representation for this ElemFactory.