/**
* This method detects whether this feature map can unify with the given feature map. Neither of
* the two feature maps are changed.
*
* @param featureMap The feature map for the unification check.
* @return true if the two feature map can unify.
*/
public boolean canUnify(FeatureMap featureMap) {
if (!isSimilar(featureMap)) return false;
FeatureMap thisC = deepCopy();
FeatureMap otherC = featureMap.deepCopy();
try {
thisC.tryToUnify(otherC);
} catch (UnificationFailedException ex) {
return false;
}
return true;
}
