com.rubecula.darwin.core
Interface Allele

All Superinterfaces:
Attribute
All Known Implementing Classes:
Allele_Abstract, Allele_Default, Allele_Key_Resetter, Allele_PepperedMoth, Allele_TS

public interface Allele
extends Attribute

Models the concept of an Allele, that is to say a specific instance of one of a set of Genes which "compete" for presence at a Locus

Author:
Robin

Method Summary
 long getKey()
          Method to yield the value of this Allele's key.
 
Methods inherited from interface com.rubecula.darwin.core.Attribute
getAttribute, getValue, setValue
 

Method Detail

getKey

long getKey()
Method to yield the value of this Allele's key.

Returns:
the key as a long.