Atom

java.lang.Object
- com.parctechnologies.eclipse.AbstractCompoundTerm
- - com.parctechnologies.eclipse.Atom

All Implemented Interfaces:

CompoundTerm
```
public class Atom
extends AbstractCompoundTerm
implements CompoundTerm
```
An ECLiPSe atom. Although atoms are not strictly compound terms, this class implements the CompoundTerm interface (it has 0 arguments), so it can be passed to and returned by rpc methods.

See Also:

CompoundTerm

Constructor Summary

Constructors
Constructor Description

Atom(java.lang.String functor)
Create an Atom given its functor as a String.

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Concrete Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`java.lang.Object`	`arg(int i)`	This always throws an IndexOutOfBoundsException since the Atom has no arguments.
`java.lang.String`	`toString()`

Methods inherited from class com.parctechnologies.eclipse.AbstractCompoundTerm
arity, equals, functor, hashCode

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
getClass, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Methods inherited from interface com.parctechnologies.eclipse.CompoundTerm
arity, functor

- Constructor Detail
  - Atom
```
public Atom(java.lang.String functor)
```
    Create an Atom given its functor as a String.
- Method Detail
  - arg
```
public java.lang.Object arg(int i)
```
    This always throws an IndexOutOfBoundsException since the Atom has no arguments. Note that a "throws" clause in the CompoundTerm interface is unnecessary since this is RuntimeException.
    
    Specified by:
    
    arg in interface CompoundTerm
    
    Parameters:
    
    i - may vary between 1 and arity()
  - toString
```
public java.lang.String toString()
```
    Overrides:
    
    toString in class java.lang.Object