Composite (MG4J (big) 5.4.4)

java.lang.Object
- it.unimi.di.big.mg4j.query.nodes.Composite

All Implemented Interfaces:

Query, Serializable

Direct Known Subclasses:

And, Consecutive, MultiTerm, Or, OrderedAnd
```
public abstract class Composite
extends Object
implements Query
```
A abstract composite node containing an array of component queries.

Author:

Sebastiano Vigna

See Also:

Serialized Form

Field Summary

Fields
Modifier and Type Field Description

Query[] query
The component queries.

Constructor Summary

Constructors
Constructor Description

Composite(Query... query)

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`Query[]`	`components()`	Returns a copy of the vector of the component queries (the queries themselves are not copied).
`protected String`	`toString(String start, String end, String sep)`	Returns a string representation of this node, given a start string, and end string and a separator.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Methods inherited from interface it.unimi.di.big.mg4j.query.nodes.Query
accept

- Field Detail
  - query
```
public final Query[] query
```
    The component queries. Although public, this field should not be changed after creation.
- Constructor Detail
  - Composite
```
public Composite(Query... query)
```
- Method Detail
  - components
```
public Query[] components()
```
    Returns a copy of the vector of the component queries (the queries themselves are not copied).
    
    Returns:
    
    a copy of the vector of the component queries.
  - toString
```
protected String toString(String start,
                          String end,
                          String sep)
```
    Returns a string representation of this node, given a start string, and end string and a separator. Instantiating subclasses can easily write their Object.toString() methods by supplying these three strings and calling this method.
    
    Parameters:
    
    start - the string to be used at the start of the string representation.
    
    end - the string to be used at the end of the string representation.
    
    sep - the separator between component queries.
    
    Returns:
    
    a string representation for this composite query node.