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\* */
// $Id$
package scala
/** The trait <code>Product</code> defines access functions for instances
* of products, in particular case classes.
*
* @author Burak Emir
* @version 1.0
*/
trait Product extends AnyRef {
/** for a case class <code>A(x_1,...,x_k))</code>, returns <code>x_(i+1)</code>
* for <code>0 <= i < k</code>
*
* @param n the position of the n-th element
* @throws IndexOutOfBoundsException
* @return ...
*/
def element(n: Int): Any
/** return k for a product <code>A(x_1,...,x_k))</code>
*/
def arity: Int
/**
* By default the empty string. Implementations may override this
* method in order to prepend a string prefix to the result of the
* toString methods.
*/
def productPrefix = ""
}
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