org.biojava.bio.symbol
Class AbstractLocation

java.lang.Object
  org.biojava.bio.symbol.AbstractLocation

All Implemented Interfaces:

Serializable, Location

Direct Known Subclasses:

AbstractRangeLocation, FuzzyPointLocation

public abstract class AbstractLocation
extends Object
implements Location, Serializable

An abstract implementation of Location.

Author:

Matthew Pocock

See Also:

Serialized Form

For developers:

This provides implementations of the binary operators which delegate to the LocationTools class.

Field Summary

Fields inherited from interface org.biojava.bio.symbol.Location

empty, full, naturalOrder

Constructor Summary

AbstractLocation()

Method Summary

boolean	contains(Location l) Checks if this location contains the other.
boolean	equals(Object o) Checks if this location is equivalent to the other.
Location	getDecorator(Class decoratorClass) Checks the decorator chain for an instance of decoratorClass and return it if found.
int	hashCode()
Location	intersection(Location loc) Returns a Location that contains all points common to both ranges.
Location	newInstance(Location loc) Create a new instance of Location with all of the same decorators as this instance but with the data stored in loc.
boolean	overlaps(Location l) Checks if these two locations overlap, using this location's concept of overlapping.
Location	union(Location loc) Return a Location containing all points in either ranges.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, finalize, getClass, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Methods inherited from interface org.biojava.bio.symbol.Location

blockIterator, contains, getMax, getMin, isContiguous, symbols, translate

Constructor Detail

AbstractLocation

public AbstractLocation()

Method Detail

getDecorator

public Location getDecorator(Class decoratorClass)

Description copied from interface: Location

Checks the decorator chain for an instance of decoratorClass and return it if found.

The default behavior is to return null. If the current object is a decorator and is an instance of decoratorClass it should return itself. Otherwise, the decorator should chain this method onto the instance it wraps.

Specified by:

getDecorator in interface Location

Parameters:

decoratorClass - the Class to check

Returns:

a Location if an instance of this class is present in the decorator chain and null otherwise.

newInstance

public Location newInstance(Location loc)

Description copied from interface: Location

Create a new instance of Location with all of the same decorators as this instance but with the data stored in loc.

The default behavior is to return loc unchanged. If the class is a location decorator then it should instantiate an instance of the same type that decorates loc.

Specified by:

newInstance in interface Location

Parameters:

loc - the Location to use as template

Returns:

a Location instance based on loc with the same decorators as the current instance

contains

public boolean contains(Location l)

Description copied from interface: Location

Checks if this location contains the other.

Abstractly, a location contains another if every point in the other location is contained within this one.

Specified by:

contains in interface Location

Parameters:

l - the Location to check

Returns:

true if this contains l, otherwise false

overlaps

public boolean overlaps(Location l)

Description copied from interface: Location

Checks if these two locations overlap, using this location's concept of overlapping.

Abstractly, two locations overlap if they both contain any point.

Specified by:

overlaps in interface Location

Parameters:

l - the Location to check

Returns:

true if they overlap, otherwise false

union

public Location union(Location loc)

Description copied from interface: Location

Return a Location containing all points in either ranges.

Specified by:

union in interface Location

Parameters:

loc - the Location to union with

Returns:

a Location representing the union

intersection

public Location intersection(Location loc)

Description copied from interface: Location

Returns a Location that contains all points common to both ranges.

Specified by:

intersection in interface Location

Parameters:

loc - the Location to intersect with

Returns:

a Location containing all points common to both, or the empty range if there are no such points

equals

public boolean equals(Object o)

Description copied from interface: Location

Checks if this location is equivalent to the other.

Abstractly, a location is equal to another if for every point in one it is also in the other. This is equivalent to a.contains(b) && b.contains(a). You should call LocationTools.areEqual after casting l to Location.

Specified by:

equals in interface Location

Overrides:

equals in class Object

Parameters:

o - the Object to check

Returns:

true if this equals l, otherwise false

hashCode

public int hashCode()

Overrides:

hashCode in class Object