org.biojavax.bio
Class SimpleBioEntryRelationship

java.lang.Object
  org.biojava.utils.AbstractChangeable
      org.biojavax.bio.SimpleBioEntryRelationship

All Implemented Interfaces:

Comparable, Changeable, BioEntryRelationship

public class SimpleBioEntryRelationship
extends AbstractChangeable
implements BioEntryRelationship

Represents a relationship between two bioentries that is described by a term and given a rank.

Since:

1.5

Author:

Richard Holland, Mark Schreiber

Field Summary

Fields inherited from interface org.biojavax.bio.BioEntryRelationship

RANK

Constructor Summary

protected	SimpleBioEntryRelationship()
	SimpleBioEntryRelationship(BioEntry object, BioEntry subject, ComparableTerm term, Integer rank) Creates a new instance of SimpleBioEntryRelationship.

Method Summary

int	compareTo(Object o) A relationship is compared first by rank, then object, subject, then term.
boolean	equals(Object obj) Relationships are equal if they share the same object, subject, rank and term.
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.
int	hashCode()
void	setRank(Integer rank) Sets the rank of this relationship.
String	toString() Form is "(#rank) term(object,subject)"

Methods inherited from class org.biojava.utils.AbstractChangeable

addChangeListener, addChangeListener, generateChangeSupport, getChangeSupport, hasListeners, hasListeners, isUnchanging, removeChangeListener, removeChangeListener

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Methods inherited from interface org.biojava.utils.Changeable

addChangeListener, addChangeListener, isUnchanging, removeChangeListener, removeChangeListener

Constructor Detail

SimpleBioEntryRelationship

public SimpleBioEntryRelationship(BioEntry object,
                                  BioEntry subject,
                                  ComparableTerm term,
                                  Integer rank)

Creates a new instance of SimpleBioEntryRelationship. None of the parameters may be null, and all are immutable except the rank.

Parameters:

rank - The rank of the relationship.

subject - The subject bioentry.

term - The relationship term.

SimpleBioEntryRelationship

protected SimpleBioEntryRelationship()

Method Detail

setRank

public 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.

Specified by:

setRank in interface BioEntryRelationship

Parameters:

rank - Value of property rank.

Throws:

ChangeVetoException - if the rank rankles.

getRank

public 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.

Specified by:

getRank in interface BioEntryRelationship

Returns:

Value of property rank.

getObject

public 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.

Specified by:

getObject in interface BioEntryRelationship

Returns:

Value of property object.

getSubject

public 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.

Specified by:

getSubject in interface BioEntryRelationship

Returns:

Value of property subject.

getTerm

public ComparableTerm getTerm()

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

Specified by:

getTerm in interface BioEntryRelationship

Returns:

Value of property term.

compareTo

public int compareTo(Object o)

A relationship is compared first by rank, then object, subject, then term. If ranks are null, they are treated as zero for comparison's sake.

Specified by:

compareTo in interface Comparable

equals

public boolean equals(Object obj)

Relationships are equal if they share the same object, subject, rank and term.

Overrides:

equals in class Object

hashCode

public int hashCode()

Overrides:

hashCode in class Object

toString

public String toString()

Form is "(#rank) term(object,subject)"

Overrides:

toString in class Object