org.biojavax.bio
Interface BioEntryRelationship

All Superinterfaces:

Changeable, Comparable

All Known Implementing Classes:

SimpleBioEntryRelationship

public interface BioEntryRelationship
extends Comparable, Changeable

Represents the relation between two bioentries. The bioentry_relationship in BioSQL is what this represents.

Since:

1.5

Author:

Mark Schreiber, Richard Holland

See Also:

BioEntry

Field Summary

static ChangeType

RANK

Method Summary

BioEntry	getObject() Returns the object of this relationship (ie.
Integer	getRank() Returns the rank of this relationship.
BioEntry	getSubject() Returns the subject of this relationship (ie.
ComparableTerm	getTerm() Returns the term describing the relationship.
void	setRank(Integer rank) Sets the rank of this relationship.

Methods inherited from interface java.lang.Comparable

compareTo

Methods inherited from interface org.biojava.utils.Changeable

addChangeListener, addChangeListener, isUnchanging, removeChangeListener, removeChangeListener

Field Detail

RANK

static final ChangeType RANK

Method Detail

setRank

void setRank(Integer rank)
             throws ChangeVetoException

Sets the rank of this relationship. The rank may be null in the database, hence the use of an Integer object here and not an int primitive.

Parameters:

rank - Value of property rank.

Throws:

ChangeVetoException - if the rank rankles.

getRank

Integer getRank()

Returns the rank of this relationship. The rank may be null in the database, hence the use of an Integer object here and not an int primitive.

Returns:

Value of property rank.

getObject

BioEntry getObject()

Returns the object of this relationship (ie. the BioEntry which this relationship starts from). This is an immutable property set by the constructor of an instantiating class.

Returns:

Value of property object.

getSubject

BioEntry getSubject()

Returns the subject of this relationship (ie. the BioEntry which this relationship targets). This is an immutable property set by the constructor of an instantiating class.

Returns:

Value of property subject.

getTerm

ComparableTerm getTerm()

Returns the term describing the relationship. This is an immutable property set by the constructor of an instantiating class.

Returns:

Value of property term.