org.biojavax.ontology
Interface ComparableTriple

All Superinterfaces:

Annotatable, Changeable, Comparable, Term, Triple

All Known Implementing Classes:

SimpleComparableTriple

public interface ComparableTriple
extends Triple, Comparable, Changeable

Comparable triples, obviously. Allows them to have descriptors.

Since:

1.5

Author:

Richard Holland

Nested Class Summary

Nested classes/interfaces inherited from interface org.biojava.ontology.Triple

Triple.Impl

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

Annotatable.AnnotationForwarder

Field Summary

static ChangeType

DESCRIPTOR

Fields inherited from interface org.biojava.ontology.Term

ONTOLOGY

Fields inherited from interface org.biojava.bio.Annotatable

ANNOTATION

Method Summary

void	addDescriptor(ComparableTerm desc) Adds a descriptor.
Set	getDescriptors() Returns all descriptors.
boolean	removeDescriptor(ComparableTerm desc) Removes a descriptor.
void	setDescriptors(Set descriptors) Clears the current set of descriptors and replaces it with the content of the set passed.

Methods inherited from interface org.biojava.ontology.Triple

equals, getObject, getPredicate, getSubject, hashCode

Methods inherited from interface org.biojava.ontology.Term

addSynonym, getDescription, getName, getOntology, getSynonyms, removeSynonym, setDescription

Methods inherited from interface org.biojava.bio.Annotatable

getAnnotation

Methods inherited from interface org.biojava.utils.Changeable

addChangeListener, addChangeListener, isUnchanging, removeChangeListener, removeChangeListener

Methods inherited from interface java.lang.Comparable

compareTo

Field Detail

DESCRIPTOR

static final ChangeType DESCRIPTOR

Method Detail

addDescriptor

void addDescriptor(ComparableTerm desc)
                   throws AlreadyExistsException,
                          IllegalArgumentException,
                          ChangeVetoException

Adds a descriptor. Must not be null.

Parameters:

desc - the descriptor to add.

Throws:

ChangeVetoException - in case of objections.

AlreadyExistsException - if the descriptor already exists.

IllegalArgumentException - if the descriptor is missing.

removeDescriptor

boolean removeDescriptor(ComparableTerm desc)
                         throws IllegalArgumentException,
                                ChangeVetoException

Removes a descriptor. Must not be null.

Parameters:

desc - the descriptor to remove.

Returns:

True if it did it, false if the descriptor did not exist.

Throws:

ChangeVetoException - in case of objections.

IllegalArgumentException - if the descriptor is missing.

setDescriptors

void setDescriptors(Set descriptors)
                    throws ChangeVetoException

Clears the current set of descriptors and replaces it with the content of the set passed.

Parameters:

descriptors - the set of ComparableTerm descriptors to add.

Throws:

ChangeVetoException - in case of objections.

See Also:

ComparableTerm

getDescriptors

Set getDescriptors()

Returns all descriptors.

Returns:

a set of all ComparableTerm descriptors, possibly empty.

See Also:

ComparableTerm