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package openllet.aterm;

import java.io.IOException;
import openllet.aterm.stream.BufferedOutputStreamWriter;

/**
 * An AFun represents a function symbol
 *
 * @author Hayco de Jong ([email protected])
 * @author Pieter Olivier ([email protected])
 */
public interface AFun extends ATerm
{
	/**
	 * Gets the name of the function symbol
	 *
	 * @return the name of this function symbol.
	 */
	String getName();

	/**
	 * Gets the arity of this application. Arity is the number
	 * of arguments of a function application.
	 *
	 * @return the number of arguments that applications of this
	 *         function symbol have.
	 */
	public int getArity();

	/**
	 * Checks if this application is quoted. A quoted application looks
	 * like this: "foo", whereas an unquoted looks like this: foo.
	 *
	 * @return true if this application is quoted, false otherwise.
	 */
	public boolean isQuoted();

	int serialize(BufferedOutputStreamWriter writer) throws IOException;
}