edu.uta.cse.fireeye.common

Class Relation

java.lang.Object

edu.uta.cse.fireeye.common.Relation

public class Relation
extends java.lang.Object

This class represents a Relation, which is a group of parameters with a given strength. Relations are used to construct covering arrays of mixed strengths.

Author:

Yu Lei

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
Relation() Constructs an empty relation.
Relation(int strength) Constructs a relation with a given strength.
Relation(int strength, java.util.ArrayList<Parameter> params) Constructs a relation with a given strength and a group of parameters.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
void	addParam(Parameter param) Adds a parameter into this relation.
boolean	contains(java.util.ArrayList<Parameter> group) Checks if this relation contains a group of parameters.
boolean	contains(Relation r) Deprecated.
java.lang.String	getParamNames() Returns a string consisting of the names of the parameters in this relation.
java.util.ArrayList<Parameter>	getParams() Returns the list of parameters in this relation.
int	getStrength() Gets the strength of this relation.
void	setParams(java.util.ArrayList<Parameter> params) Sets the list of parameters for this relation.
void	setStrength(int strength) Sets the strength of this relation.
java.lang.String	toString() Returns a string representation of this relation.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

equals, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

Relation

public Relation()

Constructs an empty relation.

Relation

public Relation(int strength)

Constructs a relation with a given strength.

Parameters:

strength -

Relation

public Relation(int strength,
                java.util.ArrayList<Parameter> params)

Constructs a relation with a given strength and a group of parameters.

Parameters:

strength - the strength of this relation

params - the parameters involved in this relation

Method Detail

setStrength

public void setStrength(int strength)

Sets the strength of this relation.

Parameters:

strength - the strength to be set

getStrength

public int getStrength()

Gets the strength of this relation.

Returns:

the strength of this relation

addParam

public void addParam(Parameter param)

Adds a parameter into this relation.

Parameters:

param -

getParams

public java.util.ArrayList<Parameter> getParams()

Returns the list of parameters in this relation.

Returns:

the list of parameters in this relation

setParams

public void setParams(java.util.ArrayList<Parameter> params)

Sets the list of parameters for this relation.

Parameters:

params - the list of parameters to be set

getParamNames

public java.lang.String getParamNames()

Returns a string consisting of the names of the parameters in this relation.

Returns:

the string of all the parameter names

contains

public boolean contains(java.util.ArrayList<Parameter> group)

Checks if this relation contains a group of parameters.

Parameters:

group - a group of parameters

contains

public boolean contains(Relation r)

Deprecated.

Checks whether this relation contains another relation. A relation m contains a relation n if m contains all the parameters in n and the strength of m is greater than the strength of n.

Parameters:

r - the other relation

Returns:

true if this relation contains relation r

toString

public java.lang.String toString()

Returns a string representation of this relation.

Overrides:

toString in class java.lang.Object