Github user meiercaleb commented on a diff in the pull request:
https://github.com/apache/incubator-rya/pull/255#discussion_r160421704
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extras/rya.forwardchain/src/main/java/org/apache/rya/forwardchain/rule/AntecedentVisitor.java
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+package org.apache.rya.forwardchain.rule;
+
+import java.util.HashSet;
+import java.util.Set;
+
+import org.openrdf.query.algebra.StatementPattern;
+import org.openrdf.query.algebra.helpers.QueryModelVisitorBase;
+
+/**
+ * Query visitor that identifies all triple patterns represented as
+ * {@link StatementPattern}s in a query, which therefore represent triples
+ * that could potentially contribute to a solution. Considers only the
statement
+ * patterns themselves, i.e. the leaves of the query tree, and does not
consider
+ * other constraints that may restrict the set of triples that may be
relevant.
+ * This means relying on this analysis to determine whether a fact can be
part
+ * of a solution can yield false positives, but not false negatives.
+ */
+class AntecedentVisitor extends QueryModelVisitorBase<RuntimeException> {
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Doesn't matter too much, but
StatementPatternCollector.process(QueryModelNode node) will give you a list
containing the StatementPatterns in the node.
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