/*
* Property.java
*
* Copyright (C) 2008 Pei Wang
*
* This file is part of Open-NARS.
*
* Open-NARS is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
* it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
* the Free Software Foundation, either version 2 of the License, or
* (at your option) any later version.
*
* Open-NARS is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
* but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
* MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
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*
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* along with Open-NARS. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
*/
package nars.language;
/**
* A Statement about a Property relation, which is used only in Narsese for I/O,
* and translated into Inheritance for internal use.
*/
public abstract class Property /*would extend "Statement" if it were its own type */ {
/**
* Try to make a new compound from two components. Called by the inference rules.
* <p>
* A --] B becomes A --> [B]
* @param subject The first component
* @param predicate The second component
* @param memory Reference to the memory
* @return A compound generated or null
*/
final public static Inheritance make(final Term subject, final Term predicate) {
return Inheritance.make(subject, new SetInt(predicate));
}
}