Package org.biojava.bio

Class CollectionConstraint.Or

java.lang.Object
org.biojava.bio.CollectionConstraint.Or
All Implemented Interfaces:
CollectionConstraint
Enclosing interface:
CollectionConstraint
public static class CollectionConstraint.Or extends Object implements CollectionConstraint
A collection constraint that accepts items iff they are accepted by either child constraints. This effectively matches the union of the items matched by the two constraints. Use this to combine multiple constraints. You can make one or both of the children Or instances if you need a wider union.
Author:
Matthew Pocock, Thomas Down

  • Constructor Details

  • Method Details

    • getChild1

      public CollectionConstraint getChild1()
      Get the first child CollectionConstraint.
      Returns:
      the first child CollectionConstraint

    • getChild2

      public CollectionConstraint getChild2()
      Get the seccond child CollectionConstraint.
      Returns:
      the seccond child CollectionConstraint

    • accept

      public boolean accept(Object object)
      Description copied from interface: CollectionConstraint
      accept returns true if the value fulfills the constraint.
      Specified by:
      accept in interface CollectionConstraint
      Parameters:
      object - a Collection to check.
      Returns:
      true if the values are acceptable powerUser Manually compare items with the CollectionConstraint. Node: this will ususaly be done for you in an AnnotationType instance

    • subConstraintOf

      public boolean subConstraintOf(CollectionConstraint pc)
      Description copied from interface: CollectionConstraint

      subConstraintOf returns true if the constraint is a sub-constraint.

      A pair of constraints super and sub are in a superConstraint/subConstraint relationship if every object accepted by sub is also accepted by super. To put it another way, if instanceOf was used as a set-membership indicator function over some set of objects, then the set produced by super would be a superset of that produced by sub.

      It is not expected that constraints will neccesarily maintain references to super/sub types. It will be more usual to infer this relationship by introspecting the constraints themselves. For example, CollectionConstraint.ByClass will infer subConstraintOf by looking at the possible class of all items matching subConstraint.

      Specified by:
      subConstraintOf in interface CollectionConstraint
      Parameters:
      pc - a CollectionConstraint to check.
      Returns:
      a boolean. Usefull when attempting to compare two constraints to see if it is necisary to retain both. You may want to check the more general or the more specific constraint only.

    • validateAddValue

      public boolean validateAddValue(Collection oldcoll, Object newvalue)
      Description copied from interface: CollectionConstraint
      Return true iff the Collection formed by adding newValue to current would be accepted by this constraint. Implementations may not assume that current is valid.
      Specified by:
      validateAddValue in interface CollectionConstraint
      Parameters:
      oldcoll - a Collection containing the current values
      newvalue - the new value to add
      Returns:
      true if adding the new value will result in an acceptable property

    • validateRemoveValue

      public boolean validateRemoveValue(Collection oldcoll, Object victim)
      Description copied from interface: CollectionConstraint
      Return true iff the Collection formed by removing newValue from current would be accepted by this constraint. Implementations may not assume that current is valid. However, current will already have been checked to ensure that it contains victim.
      Specified by:
      validateRemoveValue in interface CollectionConstraint
      Parameters:
      oldcoll - a Collection containing the current values
      victim - the value to remove
      Returns:
      true if removing the victim will result in an acceptable property value set

    • toString

      public String toString()
      Overrides:
      toString in class Object