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Javaluator is a simple, but powerful, infix expression evaluator for Java.

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package com.fathzer.soft.javaluator;

/**
 * A constant in an expression.
 * 
Some expressions needs constants. For instance it is impossible to perform trigonometric calculus without using pi.
 * A constant allows you to use mnemonic in your expressions instead of the raw value of the constant.
 * 
A constant for pi would be defined by :

 * Constant pi = new Constant("pi");
 * 
With such a constant, you will be able to evaluate the expression "sin(pi/4)"
 * @author Jean-Marc Astesana
 * @see License information
 * @see AbstractEvaluator#evaluate(Constant, Object)
 */
public class Constant {
	private String name;
	
	/** Constructor
	 * @param name The mnemonic of the constant.
	 * 
The name is used in expressions to identified the constants.
	 */
	public Constant(String name) {
		this.name = name;
	}

	/** Gets the mnemonic of the constant.
	 * @return the id
	 */
	public String getName() {
		return name;
	}
}