org.biojavax
Interface Comment

All Superinterfaces:

Changeable, Comparable

All Known Implementing Classes:

SimpleComment

public interface Comment
extends Comparable, Changeable

A simple ranked comment designed to be used for BioEntry comments in BioSQL. The Comment field is intended to be set by the constructor and is immuntable; the Rank field is changeable.

Since:

1.5

Author:

Richard Holland, gwaldon

See Also:

BioEntry

Field Summary

static ChangeType

RANK

Method Summary

String	getComment() Returns the comment part of this comment.
int	getRank() Returns the rank of this comment.
void	setRank(int rank) Sets the rank of this comment.

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

getComment

String getComment()

Returns the comment part of this comment.

Returns:

a comment.

getRank

int getRank()

Returns the rank of this comment.

Returns:

the rank.

setRank

void setRank(int rank)
             throws ChangeVetoException

Sets the rank of this comment.

Parameters:

rank - the rank to use.

Throws:

ChangeVetoException - if the new rank is unacceptable.