BranchEffectTracker (Openllet :: Core 2.6.5 API)

All Known Implementing Classes:

SimpleBranchEffectTracker
```
public interface BranchEffectTracker
```
Title: Branch effect tracker

Description: Tracks the _nodes changed by a _branch

Copyright: Copyright (c) 2008

Company: Clark & Parsia, LLC.

Author:

Mike Smith

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`boolean`	`add(int branch, openllet.aterm.ATermAppl a)`	Record that a _node is affected by a _branch
`BranchEffectTracker`	`copy()`
`java.util.Set<openllet.aterm.ATermAppl>`	`getAll(int branch)`	Retrieve _nodes affected by a _branch and all subsequent branches
`java.util.Set<openllet.aterm.ATermAppl>`	`remove(int branch)`	Remove a _branch from the tracker.
`java.util.Set<openllet.aterm.ATermAppl>`	`removeAll(int branch)`	Remove a branch and all subsequent branches from the tracker.

- Method Detail
  - add
```
boolean add(int branch,
            openllet.aterm.ATermAppl a)
```
    Record that a _node is affected by a _branch
    
    Parameters:
    
    branch - Branch integer identifier
    
    a - Node name
    
    Returns:
    
    boolean true if effect not already noted for _branch+_node pair, false else
  - copy
```
BranchEffectTracker copy()
```
    Returns:
    
    a copy of branch tracker
  - getAll
```
java.util.Set<openllet.aterm.ATermAppl> getAll(int branch)
```
    Retrieve _nodes affected by a _branch and all subsequent branches
    
    Parameters:
    
    branch - Branch integer identifier
    
    Returns:
    
    Names of all _nodes affected by _branch and subsequent branches
  - remove
```
java.util.Set<openllet.aterm.ATermAppl> remove(int branch)
```
    Remove a _branch from the tracker. Note that this causes the _branch to effects association to change for all subsequent branches and should only be used if the _branch indices are changed in ABox and all other structures.
    
    Parameters:
    
    branch - Branch integer identifier
    
    Returns:
    
    Names of all _nodes affected by _branch
  - removeAll
```
java.util.Set<openllet.aterm.ATermAppl> removeAll(int branch)
```
    Remove a branch and all subsequent branches from the tracker.
    
    Parameters:
    
    branch - Branch integer identifier
    
    Returns:
    
    Names of all _nodes affected by _branch and subsequent branches