org.biojavax
Interface RichAnnotatable

All Superinterfaces:

Annotatable, Changeable

All Known Subinterfaces:

BioEntry, CrossRef, RichFeature, RichLocation, RichSequence

All Known Implementing Classes:

CompoundRichLocation, EmptyRichLocation, MultiSourceCompoundRichLocation, SimpleBioEntry, SimpleCrossRef, SimpleRichFeature, SimpleRichLocation, SimpleRichSequence, ThinRichSequence

public interface RichAnnotatable
extends Annotatable

Annotatable objects that can have rich annotations.

Since:

1.5

Author:

Richard Holland, George Waldon

See Also:

RichAnnotation

Nested Class Summary

Nested classes/interfaces inherited from interface org.biojava.bio.Annotatable

Annotatable.AnnotationForwarder

Field Summary

Fields inherited from interface org.biojava.bio.Annotatable

ANNOTATION

Method Summary

Set	getNoteSet() Returns the set of notes associated with this object.
RichAnnotation	getRichAnnotation() Return the associated annotation object.
void	setNoteSet(Set notes) Clears the notes associated with this object and replaces them with the contents of this set.

Methods inherited from interface org.biojava.bio.Annotatable

getAnnotation

Methods inherited from interface org.biojava.utils.Changeable

addChangeListener, addChangeListener, isUnchanging, removeChangeListener, removeChangeListener

Method Detail

getRichAnnotation

RichAnnotation getRichAnnotation()

Return the associated annotation object.

Returns:

a RichAnnotation object, never null

getNoteSet

Set getNoteSet()

Returns the set of notes associated with this object. Would normally delegate call to internal RichAnnotation instance.

Returns:

set a set of Note objects.

See Also:

Note

setNoteSet

void setNoteSet(Set notes)
                throws ChangeVetoException

Clears the notes associated with this object and replaces them with the contents of this set. Would normally delegate call to internal RichAnnotation instance.

Parameters:

notes - the set of Note objects to replace the existing ones with.

Throws:

ChangeVetoException - if the set is null or contains any objects that are not Note objects.

See Also:

Note