com.rubecula.darwin.domain.environment
Class Trait_Discrete

java.lang.Object
  net.sf.tostring0.AToString
      com.rubecula.darwin.domain.environment.Trait_
          com.rubecula.darwin.domain.environment.Trait_Discrete

All Implemented Interfaces:

Censusible, Expression, Trait, net.sf.tostring0.Identifiable, net.sf.tostring0.IToString

public final class Trait_Discrete
extends Trait_

Lifespan: transient. Concrete implementation of discrete Trait, i.e. a trait that can take one of a finite set of values (called variants). Such variants must be registered (added) to the phenotypic character before they can be referenced. Consider naming in honor of Reginald Punnett.

Author:

Robin Hillyard

Field Summary

Fields inherited from interface net.sf.tostring0.IToString

ANGBR_OPEN, ANGBRA_CLSE, BRA_CLSE, BRA_OPEN, BRCE_OPEN, BRCS_CLSE, COLON, LIST_SEPARATOR, MAX_ELEMENTS_DEFAULT, S_MT, S_PERCENT, SEPARATOR, SPACE

Method Summary

java.lang.Object

getKey() For a discrete trait, we simply return this.

Methods inherited from class com.rubecula.darwin.domain.environment.Trait_

censusMe, equals, getCensusibleChildren, getCharacter, getCharacterKey, getIdentifier, getPhenotype, getValue, getVariant, getVariantKey, hashCode, setPhenotype

Methods inherited from class net.sf.tostring0.AToString

toString, toString, toStringBrief, toStringId

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, finalize, getClass, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Methods inherited from interface net.sf.tostring0.IToString

toString, toStringBrief, toStringId

Method Detail

getKey

public java.lang.Object getKey()

For a discrete trait, we simply return this.

Returns:

the object for this Trait which should be able to distinguish it from other traits. For a variable trait, return the result of Trait.getValue(). For other traits, return this.

See Also:

Trait.getKey()