jebl.evolution.characters
Class ContinuousCharacter

java.lang.Object
  jebl.evolution.characters.ContinuousCharacter

All Implemented Interfaces:

Character

public class ContinuousCharacter
extends Object
implements Character

Author:

Stephen A. Smith

Constructor Summary

ContinuousCharacter(String name, String desc)
Constructs a basic ContinuousCharacter object with no taxa added yet

ContinuousCharacter(String name, String desc, Set<Taxon> taxa)
Constructs a basic ContinuousCharacter object with taxa added

Method Summary

void	addTaxa(Set<Taxon> taxa) set the taxa for this character with a previously constructed Set
void	addTaxon(Taxon taxon) add a taxon with this character
String	getDesc() return the description of the character
String	getName() return the name of the character
double	getSE(Taxon taxon)
Set<Taxon>	getTaxa() get a Set of all the taxa for this character
CharacterType	getType() return the CharacterType of the character
Object	getValue(Taxon taxon) get a value for a taxon containing the character
void	setDesc(String desc) set the description of the character
void	setName(String name) set the name of the character

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

ContinuousCharacter

public ContinuousCharacter(String name,
                           String desc)

Constructs a basic ContinuousCharacter object with no taxa added yet

Parameters:

name - the name of the character

desc - the description of the character

ContinuousCharacter

public ContinuousCharacter(String name,
                           String desc,
                           Set<Taxon> taxa)

Constructs a basic ContinuousCharacter object with taxa added

Parameters:

name - the name of the character

desc - the description of the character

taxa - the Set containing the taxa

Method Detail

setName

public void setName(String name)

Description copied from interface: Character

set the name of the character

Specified by:

setName in interface Character

Parameters:

name - the name of the character

getName

public String getName()

Description copied from interface: Character

return the name of the character

Specified by:

getName in interface Character

Returns:

the name of the character

setDesc

public void setDesc(String desc)

Description copied from interface: Character

set the description of the character

Specified by:

setDesc in interface Character

Parameters:

desc - the description of the character

getDesc

public String getDesc()

Description copied from interface: Character

return the description of the character

Specified by:

getDesc in interface Character

Returns:

the description of the character

getType

public CharacterType getType()

Description copied from interface: Character

return the CharacterType of the character

Specified by:

getType in interface Character

Returns:

the CharacterType of the character

addTaxa

public void addTaxa(Set<Taxon> taxa)

set the taxa for this character with a previously constructed Set

Parameters:

taxa - a Set of the taxa containing this character

addTaxon

public void addTaxon(Taxon taxon)

Description copied from interface: Character

add a taxon with this character

Specified by:

addTaxon in interface Character

Parameters:

taxon - the taxon to add containing the character

getValue

public Object getValue(Taxon taxon)

Description copied from interface: Character

get a value for a taxon containing the character

Specified by:

getValue in interface Character

Parameters:

taxon - the taxon to get the value for

Returns:

the Object value of the character for the given taxon

getSE

public double getSE(Taxon taxon)

Parameters:

taxon - the taxon for which to get the standard error

Returns:

double of the standard error for the taxon

getTaxa

public Set<Taxon> getTaxa()

Description copied from interface: Character

get a Set of all the taxa for this character

Specified by:

getTaxa in interface Character

Returns:

a Set containing all of the taxa for this character