Package edu.cmu.tetrad.data

Class KnowledgeEdge

java.lang.Object

edu.cmu.tetrad.data.KnowledgeEdge

All Implemented Interfaces:

TetradSerializable, Serializable

public final class KnowledgeEdge
extends Object
implements TetradSerializable

Implements a knowledge edge X-->Y as a simple ordered pair of strings.

Author:

josephramsey

See Also:

• Serialized Form

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
KnowledgeEdge(String from, String to)	Constructs a knowledge edge for from-->to.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
boolean	equals(Object object)	Reteurns true if (from1, to1) == (from2, to2).
String	getFrom()
String	getTo()
int	hashCode()
static KnowledgeEdge	serializableInstance()	Generates a simple exemplar of this class to test serialization.
String	toString()

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, finalize, getClass, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Details

KnowledgeEdge

public KnowledgeEdge(String from,
 String to)

Constructs a knowledge edge for from-->to.

Method Details

serializableInstance

public static KnowledgeEdge serializableInstance()

Generates a simple exemplar of this class to test serialization.

getFrom

public String getFrom()

Returns:

the tail node of the edge.

getTo

public String getTo()

Returns:

the head node of the edge.

equals

public boolean equals(Object object)

Reteurns true if (from1, to1) == (from2, to2).

Overrides:

equals in class Object

hashCode

public int hashCode()

Overrides:

hashCode in class Object

Returns:

a good hashcode.

toString

public String toString()

Overrides:

toString in class Object