org.biojava.bio.program.tagvalue
Interface ChangeTable.Changer

All Known Implementing Classes:

ChangeTable.ChainedChanger, RegexChanger

Enclosing class:

ChangeTable

public static interface ChangeTable.Changer

Callback used to produce a new value from an old one.

Since:

1.3

Author:

Matthew Pocock

Method Summary

Object

change(Object value) Produce a modified value from an old value.

Method Detail

change

Object change(Object value)
              throws ParserException

Produce a modified value from an old value.

It is strongly recommended that this method is re-entrant and does not modify the state of the Changer in a way that would affect future return -values.

Parameters:

value - the old value Object

Returns:

the new value Object

Throws:

ParserException - if value could not be changed