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// Développement de l'Epita (LRDE).
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//
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/// \file ltlast/constant.hh
/// \brief LTL constants
#ifndef SPOT_LTLAST_CONSTANT_HH
# define SPOT_LTLAST_CONSTANT_HH

#include "formula.hh"

namespace spot
{
  namespace ltl
  {

    /// \brief A constant (True or False)
    /// \ingroup ltl_ast
    class constant : public formula
    {
    public:
      enum type { False, True, EmptyWord };
      virtual void accept(visitor& v) const;

      /// Return the value of the constant.
      type val() const;
      /// Return the value of the constant as a string.
      const char* val_name() const;

      virtual std::string dump() const;

      /// Get the sole instance of spot::ltl::constant::constant(True).
      static constant* true_instance() { return &true_instance_; }
      /// Get the sole instance of spot::ltl::constant::constant(False).
      static constant* false_instance() { return &false_instance_; }
      /// Get the sole instance of spot::ltl::constant::constant(EmptyWord).
      static constant* empty_word_instance() { return &empty_word_instance_; }

    protected:
      constant(type val);
      virtual ~constant();

    private:
      type val_;

      static constant true_instance_;
      static constant false_instance_;
      static constant empty_word_instance_;
      // If you add new constants here, be sure to update the
      // formula::formula() constructor.
    };


    /// \brief Cast \a f into a constant.
    ///
    /// Cast \a f into a constant iff it is a constant instance.
    /// Return 0 otherwise.  This is faster than \c dynamic_cast.
    inline
    const constant*
    is_constant(const formula* f)
    {
      if (f->kind() != formula::Constant)
	return 0;
      return static_cast<const constant*>(f);
    }
  }
}

#endif // SPOT_LTLAST_CONSTANT_HH