edu.mssm.crover.representation
Interface BiologicalAnnotation

All Superinterfaces:

RootObject, java.io.Serializable

All Known Implementing Classes:

Annotation

public interface BiologicalAnnotation

extends RootObject, java.io.Serializable

Represents a single annotation. Single annotations are intended to be inserted in a BiologicalAnnotations.

Author:

Fabien Campagne

See Also:

BiologicalAnnotations

Method Summary

boolean	describesResidue(int position) Returns whether the position is described by this annotation.
java.lang.String	getInfo() Returns a consise text that describes the nature of this annotation.
BiologicalOrigin	getOrigin() Obtain the origin of this annotation.
void	setOrigin(BiologicalOrigin x) Sets the origin for this annotation.

Method Detail

getOrigin

public BiologicalOrigin getOrigin()

Obtain the origin of this annotation.

setOrigin

public void setOrigin(BiologicalOrigin x)

Sets the origin for this annotation.

getInfo

public java.lang.String getInfo()

Returns a consise text that describes the nature of this annotation. This text is constant over several instances of the same class.

describesResidue

public boolean describesResidue(int position)

Returns whether the position is described by this annotation.