de.zimek.proteinfeatures.protein
Class ID

java.lang.Object
  de.zimek.proteinfeatures.protein.ID

All Implemented Interfaces:

java.lang.Comparable

Direct Known Subclasses:

CathID, ScopID

public abstract class ID

extends java.lang.Object

implements java.lang.Comparable

ID to represent a hierarchical classification.

Author:

Arthur Zimek

Constructor Summary

ID()

Method Summary

abstract ID	createID(java.lang.String id) Returns a new ID for the given id-String.
abstract boolean	equals(java.lang.Object o) Returns true, if the ID equals another ID at all levels, false otherwise.
abstract java.lang.String	getID(int level) Returns the ID for the first level levels.
abstract int	getLevel(int level) Returns the id-value in the specified level.
int	hashCode() Returns a hashCode, which is the hashCode for the String returned by the toString()-method.
abstract java.lang.String	toString() Provides a String-representation for the ID.
abstract java.lang.String	type() Returns a String describing the type of the ID.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, finalize, getClass, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Methods inherited from interface java.lang.Comparable

compareTo

Constructor Detail

ID

public ID()

Method Detail

getID

public abstract java.lang.String getID(int level)

Returns the ID for the first level levels.

Parameters:

level -

Returns:

String

getLevel

public abstract int getLevel(int level)

Returns the id-value in the specified level.

Parameters:

level -

Returns:

int

toString

public abstract java.lang.String toString()

Provides a String-representation for the ID.

See Also:

Object.toString()

equals

public abstract boolean equals(java.lang.Object o)

Returns true, if the ID equals another ID at all levels, false otherwise.

See Also:

Object.equals(Object)

createID

public abstract ID createID(java.lang.String id)

Returns a new ID for the given id-String.

Parameters:

id -

Returns:

ID

hashCode

public int hashCode()

Returns a hashCode, which is the hashCode for the String returned by the toString()-method.

See Also:

Object.hashCode()

type

public abstract java.lang.String type()

Returns a String describing the type of the ID.

Returns:

String