org.biojavax.bio.seq
Interface RichFeatureRelationship

All Superinterfaces:

Changeable, Comparable

All Known Implementing Classes:

SimpleRichFeatureRelationship

public interface RichFeatureRelationship
extends Comparable, Changeable

Represents the relation between two features. The seqfeature_relationship in BioSQL is what this is based on.

Since:

1.5

Author:

Mark Schreiber, Richard Holland

Field Summary

static ChangeType

RANK

Method Summary

RichFeature	getObject() Returns the object of this relationship (ie.
int	getRank() Gets the rank of this relationship.
RichFeature	getSubject() Gets the feature that this relationship refers to.
ComparableTerm	getTerm() Gets the term that describes this relationship.
void	setRank(int 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(int rank)
             throws ChangeVetoException

Sets the rank of this relationship.

Parameters:

rank - Value of property rank.

Throws:

ChangeVetoException - if the rank is untasty.

getRank

int getRank()

Gets the rank of this relationship.

Returns:

Value of property rank.

getObject

RichFeature getObject()

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

Returns:

Value of property object.

getSubject

RichFeature getSubject()

Gets the feature that this relationship refers to. This is set at constructor time and is immutable.

Returns:

Value of property subject.

getTerm

ComparableTerm getTerm()

Gets the term that describes this relationship. This is set at constructor time and is immutable.

Returns:

Value of property term.