Package org.bigraphs.framework.core

Interface BigraphBuilder<S extends Signature<?>>

Type Parameters:

S - the signature type

All Known Implementing Classes:

BigraphBuilderSupport, KindBigraphBuilder, MutableBuilder, PureBigraphBuilder

public interface BigraphBuilder<S extends Signature<?>>

Generic interface for building bigraphs.

Author:

Dominik Grzelak

Nested Class Summary

Nested Classes

Modifier and Type	Interface	Description
static interface	BigraphBuilder.NodeHierarchy<S extends Signature<? extends Control<?,?>>>	A BigraphBuilder.NodeHierarchy contains a collection of nodes in a tree structure and is related to the current BigraphBuilder instance.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
BigraphBuilder<S>	closeInner()
BigraphBuilder<S>	closeOuter()
<B extends Bigraph<S>> B	create()
BigraphBuilder.NodeHierarchy	hierarchy(String controlIdentifier)
BigraphBuilder.NodeHierarchy	hierarchy(Control control)
void	makeGround()
BigraphBuilder.NodeHierarchy	root()	Create a root node under which additional nodes or hierarchies can be place.
BigraphBuilder<S>	spawn()	Spawns a fresh bigraph builder but with exactly the same instance of the extended bigraph metamodel and signature as before.

Method Details

root

BigraphBuilder.NodeHierarchy root()

Create a root node under which additional nodes or hierarchies can be place.

A hierarchy is returned which contains a collection of nodes in a tree structure. The hierarchy BigraphBuilder.NodeHierarchy provides additional methods for adding nodes and sites. The hierarchy can only be used with the BigraphBuilder which created it.

Returns:

a hierarchical tree structure

hierarchy

BigraphBuilder.NodeHierarchy hierarchy(Control control)

hierarchy

BigraphBuilder.NodeHierarchy hierarchy(String controlIdentifier)

create

<B extends Bigraph<S>> B create()

makeGround

void makeGround()

closeInner

BigraphBuilder<S> closeInner()

closeOuter

BigraphBuilder<S> closeOuter()

spawn

BigraphBuilder<S> spawn()

Spawns a fresh bigraph builder but with exactly the same instance of the extended bigraph metamodel and signature as before.

Returns:

a fresn bigraph builder with the same bigraph metamodel and signature metamodel