org.biojavax
Interface RankedCrossRef

All Superinterfaces:

Changeable, Comparable

All Known Implementing Classes:

SimpleRankedCrossRef

public interface RankedCrossRef
extends Comparable, Changeable

Allows cross-references to other databases to be ranked.

Since:

1.5

Author:

Richard Holland, gwaldon

See Also:

RankedCrossRefable, CrossRef

Field Summary

static ChangeType

RANK

Method Summary

CrossRef	getCrossRef() Return the cross reference associated with this object.
int	getRank() Return the rank associated with the cross reference.
void	setRank(int rank) Set the rank associated with the cross reference.

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

getCrossRef

CrossRef getCrossRef()

Return the cross reference associated with this object.

Returns:

a crossref object.

getRank

int getRank()

Return the rank associated with the cross reference.

Returns:

the rank.

setRank

void setRank(int rank)
             throws ChangeVetoException

Set the rank associated with the cross reference.

Parameters:

rank - the rank to use.

Throws:

ChangeVetoException - if the new rank is unacceptable.