com.rubecula.darwin.core
Interface TraitMap

All Known Subinterfaces:

Phenome, Phenotype

All Known Implementing Classes:

Phenome_Abstract, Phenome_Default, Phenome_Numerical, Phenotype_Abstract, Phenotype_Default, Phenotype_TS, TraitMap_Abstract

public interface TraitMap

Defines the operations on a collection of Trait instances.

Author:

Robin Hillyard

Method Summary

Object	add(Trait trait) Mutating method to add a trait to this map.
Trait	getTrait(String name) Accessor method to retrieve a trait from the map by name
int	size() Method to get the number of traits in this map.

Method Detail

add

Object add(Trait trait)

Mutating method to add a trait to this map.

Parameters:

trait -

Returns:

the result of calling HashMap.put(Object, Object).

getTrait

Trait getTrait(String name)

Accessor method to retrieve a trait from the map by name

Parameters:

name -

Returns:

the Trait corresponding to name.

size

int size()

Method to get the number of traits in this map.

See Also:

HashMap.size()