/* * BioJava development code * * This code may be freely distributed and modified under the * terms of the GNU Lesser General Public Licence. This should * be distributed with the code. If you do not have a copy, * see: * * http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/lesser.html * * Copyright for this code is held jointly by the individual * authors. These should be listed in @author doc comments. * * For more information on the BioJava project and its aims, * or to join the biojava-l mailing list, visit the home page * at: * * http://www.biojava.org/ * */ package org.biojava.bio; import java.util.LinkedHashMap; import java.util.Map; /** *
A no-frills implementation of Annotation that is just a wrapper
* around a LinkedHashMap
.
It will allow you to set any property, but will throw exceptions
* if you try to retrieve a property that is not set. Because of the use of
* a LinkedHashMap
properties are iterated in the order they
* are entered.
LinkedHashMap
of properties and values
*/
protected final Map getProperties() {
if(!propertiesAllocated()) {
properties = new LinkedHashMap();
}
return properties;
}
/**
* Test to see if any properties have been allocated
* @return true if any have (even if they have since been removed),
* false otherwise
*/
protected final boolean propertiesAllocated() {
return properties != null;
}
/**
* Create a new, empty SimpleAnnotation instance.
*/
public SimpleAnnotation() {
super();
}
/**
* Create a new SimpleAnnotation by copying the properties from another
* one. The new Annotation instance will be independant of the original.
*
* @param ann the Annotation to copy
*/
public SimpleAnnotation(Annotation ann) {
super(ann);
}
/**
* Create a new SimpleAnnotation using the values in a Map.
*
* @param map the Map to copy properties out of
*/
public SimpleAnnotation(Map map) {
super(map);
}
}