org.metaqtl.bio.entity
Class OntologyTerm

java.lang.Object
  org.metaqtl.bio.entity.BioEntity
      org.metaqtl.bio.entity.OntologyTerm

All Implemented Interfaces:

IBioAdaptable, IBioEntity, IBioOntologyTerm

public class OntologyTerm
extends BioEntity
implements IBioOntologyTerm

Field Summary

Fields inherited from class org.metaqtl.bio.entity.BioEntity

name, parent, properties

Constructor Summary

OntologyTerm()

Method Summary

IBioAdapter	getBioAdapter()
IBioOntologyTerm[]	getChildrenTerm() Returns the children if the term has chilren, null otherwise.
long	getID() Returns the id if the terms.
IBioOntologyTerm	getParentTerm() Returns the parent of the term.
int	getType() There are 2 main class of entities.
boolean	hasChildren() Returns true if the term has children, false otherwise.
void	setChildren(OntologyTerm[] children) Sets the children of the term.
void	setID(long id) Sets the indentifient of the term.
void	setParentTerm(IBioOntologyTerm parentTerm) Sets the parent of the term.

Methods inherited from class org.metaqtl.bio.entity.BioEntity

getName, getParent, getProperties, newBioEntity, setName, setProperties

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Methods inherited from interface org.metaqtl.bio.IBioEntity

getName, getParent, getProperties, setName, setProperties

Constructor Detail

OntologyTerm

public OntologyTerm()

Method Detail

getID

public long getID()

Description copied from interface: IBioOntologyTerm

Returns the id if the terms.

Specified by:

getID in interface IBioOntologyTerm

Returns:

getChildrenTerm

public IBioOntologyTerm[] getChildrenTerm()

Description copied from interface: IBioOntologyTerm

Returns the children if the term has chilren, null otherwise.

Specified by:

getChildrenTerm in interface IBioOntologyTerm

Returns:

hasChildren

public boolean hasChildren()

Description copied from interface: IBioOntologyTerm

Returns true if the term has children, false otherwise.

Specified by:

hasChildren in interface IBioOntologyTerm

Returns:

getType

public int getType()

Description copied from interface: IBioEntity

There are 2 main class of entities. The first one deals with population biological entity, i.e population itself and individuals. The second class is a representation of microscopic biological entity from genome container to alleles.

Specified by:

getType in interface IBioEntity

Specified by:

getType in class BioEntity

getBioAdapter

public IBioAdapter getBioAdapter()

Specified by:

getBioAdapter in interface IBioAdaptable

setID

public void setID(long id)

Sets the indentifient of the term.

Parameters:

id - the new identifient of the term.

setChildren

public void setChildren(OntologyTerm[] children)

Sets the children of the term.

Parameters:

children - the children of the term.

getParentTerm

public IBioOntologyTerm getParentTerm()

Description copied from interface: IBioOntologyTerm

Returns the parent of the term.

Specified by:

getParentTerm in interface IBioOntologyTerm

Returns:

setParentTerm

public void setParentTerm(IBioOntologyTerm parentTerm)

Sets the parent of the term.

Parameters:

parent -