Did more commenting, implemented reflection and statistics

1 files changed, 15 insertions, 5 deletions

diff --git a/src/jcgp/backend/function/UnsignedInteger.java b/src/jcgp/backend/function/UnsignedInteger.java
index 7feb33f..d23862c 100644
--- a/src/jcgp/backend/function/UnsignedInteger.java
+++ b/src/jcgp/backend/function/UnsignedInteger.java
@@ -14,7 +14,12 @@ package jcgp.backend.function;
  * signed and will behave as such for all arithmetic operations.
  * Bitwise operations can still be performed as they work at the bit
  * level, making this data type particularly suitable for circuit design. 
- * 
+ * <br><br>
+ * TODO in the unlikely event that unsigned integers are natively 
+ * implemented in Java, they should be used instead of this class.
+ * <br><br>
+ * Why are unsigned integers not supported?<br>
+ * http://stackoverflow.com/questions/430346/why-doesnt-java-support-unsigned-ints
  * 
  * @author Eduardo Pedroni
  * @see Integer
@@ -27,7 +32,7 @@ public class UnsignedInteger {
 	/**
 	 * Makes a new instance of UnsignedInteger with a specified value.
 	 * 
-	 * @param i the value with which to initialise
+	 * @param i the value with which to initialise.
 	 */
 	public UnsignedInteger(int i) {
 		value = new Integer(i);
@@ -36,7 +41,7 @@ public class UnsignedInteger {
 	/**
 	 * Makes a new instance of UnsignedInteger with a specified value.
 	 * 
-	 * @param i the value with which to initialise
+	 * @param i the value with which to initialise.
 	 */
 	public UnsignedInteger(Integer i) {
 		value = i;
@@ -46,14 +51,14 @@ public class UnsignedInteger {
 	 * Makes a new instance of UnsignedInteger from the string representation
 	 * of an unsigned integer.
 	 * 
-	 * @param i the string with which to initialise
+	 * @param i the string with which to initialise.
 	 */
 	public UnsignedInteger(String i) {
 		value = Integer.parseUnsignedInt(i);
 	}
 	
 	/**
-	 * @return the wrapped Integer object
+	 * @return the wrapped Integer object.
 	 */
 	public Integer get() {
 		return value;
@@ -61,6 +66,11 @@ public class UnsignedInteger {
 	
 	@Override
 	public String toString() {
+		/*
+		 * It is important to override this so that
+		 * the visual representation of the integer
+		 * is unsigned as well.
+		 */
 		return Integer.toUnsignedString(value);
 	}
 }