org.biojavax
Interface Note

All Superinterfaces:

Changeable, Comparable

All Known Implementing Classes:

SimpleNote

public interface Note
extends Comparable, Changeable

Note is a generic class intended to hold a term describing the note, a value to associate with that term, and a rank. It is a generic representation of the various qualifier_value tables in BioSQL. It is used inside RichAnnotation objects to represent annotations.

Since:

1.5

Author:

Richard Holland

See Also:

RichAnnotation

Field Summary

static ChangeType	RANK
static ChangeType	TERM
static ChangeType	VALUE

Method Summary

int	getRank() Gets the rank that defines this note.
ComparableTerm	getTerm() Gets the term that defines this note.
String	getValue() Gets the value that defines this note.
void	setRank(int value) Sets the rank for this note.
void	setTerm(ComparableTerm term) Sets the term for this note.
void	setValue(String value) Sets the value for this note, or null for no value.

Methods inherited from interface java.lang.Comparable

compareTo

Methods inherited from interface org.biojava.utils.Changeable

addChangeListener, addChangeListener, isUnchanging, removeChangeListener, removeChangeListener

Field Detail

TERM

static final ChangeType TERM

RANK

static final ChangeType RANK

VALUE

static final ChangeType VALUE

Method Detail

getTerm

ComparableTerm getTerm()

Gets the term that defines this note.

Returns:

a ComparableTerm object that is the key to this note.

setTerm

void setTerm(ComparableTerm term)
             throws ChangeVetoException

Sets the term for this note. It cannot be null.

Parameters:

term - the term to use.

Throws:

ChangeVetoException - if it doesn't like the term.

getValue

String getValue()

Gets the value that defines this note.

Returns:

a String object that is the value to this note.

setValue

void setValue(String value)
              throws ChangeVetoException

Sets the value for this note, or null for no value.

Parameters:

value - the value to use.

Throws:

ChangeVetoException - if it doesn't like the value.

getRank

int getRank()

Gets the rank that defines this note.

Returns:

an int that is the rank to this note.

setRank

void setRank(int value)
             throws ChangeVetoException

Sets the rank for this note.

Parameters:

value - the rank to use.

Throws:

ChangeVetoException - if it doesn't like the rank.