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## weka.associations.tertius
Class Body

    java.lang.Object
      weka.associations.tertius.LiteralSet
          weka.associations.tertius.Body

All Implemented Interfaces:
  java.io.Serializable, java.lang.Cloneable, RevisionHandler

    public class Body

extends LiteralSet

Class representing the body of a rule.

Version:
  $Revision: 1.6 $
Author:
  Amelie Deltour
See Also:
  Serialized Form

Constructor Summary
`Body()` Constructor without storing the counter-instances.
`Body(Instances instances)` Constructor storing the counter-instances.

Method Summary
`boolean` | `canKeep(Instance instance, Literal newLit)` Test if an instance can be kept as a counter-instance, if a new literal is added to this body.
`java.lang.String` | `getRevision()` Returns the revision string.
`boolean` | `isIncludedIn(Rule otherRule)` Test if this Body is included in a rule.
`java.lang.String` | `toString()` Gives a String representation of this set of literals as a conjunction.

Methods inherited from class weka.associations.tertius.LiteralSet
`addElement, clone, contains, counterInstance, counterInstance, enumerateLiterals, getCounterInstancesFrequency, getCounterInstancesNumber, getLastLiteral, getType, hasMaxCounterInstances, isEmpty, negationIncludedIn, numLiterals, overFrequencyThreshold, upDate`

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

Constructor Detail

### Body

    public Body()

  Constructor without storing the counter-instances.

### Body

    public Body(Instances instances)

  Constructor storing the counter-instances.

  Parameters:
    `instances` - The dataset.

Method Detail

### canKeep

    public boolean canKeep(Instance instance,
                           Literal newLit)

  Test if an instance can be kept as a counter-instance, if a new literal is added to this body.

  Specified by:
    `canKeep` in class `LiteralSet`
  Parameters:
    `instance` - The instance to test.
    `newLit` - The new literal.
  Returns:
    True if the instance is still a counter-instance (if the new literal satisfies the instance).

### isIncludedIn

    public boolean isIncludedIn(Rule otherRule)

  Test if this Body is included in a rule. It is the literals of this Body are contained in the body of the other rule, or if their negation is included in the head of the other rule.

  Specified by:
    `isIncludedIn` in class `LiteralSet`
  Parameters:
    `otherRule` - The rule to test.
  Returns:
    True if this set of literals is included in the rule.

### toString

    public java.lang.String toString()

  Gives a String representation of this set of literals as a conjunction.

  Specified by:
    `toString` in class `LiteralSet`

### getRevision

    public java.lang.String getRevision()

  Returns the revision string.

  Returns:
    the revision

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