// Variables associate values with names.
// Copyright 1996 by Darius Bacon; see the file COPYING.
package com.expr;
import java.util.Hashtable;
/**
* A variable is a simple expression with a name (like "x") and a
* settable value.
*/
public class Variable extends Expr {
private static Hashtable variables = new Hashtable<>();
/**
* Return a unique variable named `name'. There can be only one
* variable with the same name returned by this method; that is,
* make(s1) == make(s2) if and only if s1.equals(s2).
*
* @param name the variable's name
* @return the variable; create it initialized to 0 if it doesn't
* yet exist
*/
static public synchronized Variable make(String name) {
Variable result = variables.get(name);
if (result == null)
variables.put(name, result = new Variable(name));
return result;
}
private String name;
private double val;
/**
* Create a new variable, with initial value 0.
*
* @param name the variable's name
*/
public Variable(String name) {
this.name = name;
val = 0;
}
/**
* Return the name.
*/
public String toString() {
return name;
}
/**
* Get the value.
*
* @return the current value
*/
public double value() {
return val;
}
/**
* Set the value.
*
* @param value the new value
*/
public void setValue(double value) {
val = value;
}
}