GrowingAlphabet (AutomataLib 0.11.0 API)

Type Parameters:

I - symbol class.

All Superinterfaces:

Alphabet<I>, ArrayWritable<I>, Collection<I>, Comparator<I>, IntFunction<I>, Iterable<I>, ToIntFunction<I>

All Known Implementing Classes:

FastAlphabet, GrowingMapAlphabet
```
public interface GrowingAlphabet<I>
extends Alphabet<I>
```
Alphabet class that supports adding new symbols.

- Method Summary
  
  All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
  Modifier and Type Method Description
  
  int addSymbol(I a)
  Adds a new symbol to the alphabet.
  - Methods inherited from interface net.automatalib.alphabet.Alphabet
    apply, applyAsInt, compare, containsSymbol, getSymbol, getSymbolIndex, translateFrom, writeToArray
  - Methods inherited from interface net.automatalib.common.smartcollection.ArrayWritable
    size
  - Methods inherited from interface java.util.Collection
    add, addAll, clear, contains, containsAll, equals, hashCode, isEmpty, iterator, parallelStream, remove, removeAll, removeIf, retainAll, size, spliterator, stream, toArray, toArray
  - Methods inherited from interface java.util.Comparator
    equals, reversed, thenComparing, thenComparing, thenComparing, thenComparingDouble, thenComparingInt, thenComparingLong
  - Methods inherited from interface java.lang.Iterable
    forEach

- Method Detail
  - addSymbol
```
int addSymbol(I a)
```
    Adds a new symbol to the alphabet. Some alphabets may prevent symbols from being added twice. In this case, the original alphabet remains unchanged, but this is not considered an error.
    
    Returns:
    
    the index of the symbol in the alphabet, after adding it.