com.rubecula.darwin.domain.genetics
Class GeneFactory

java.lang.Object
  com.rubecula.darwin.domain.genetics.GeneFactory

public final class GeneFactory
extends java.lang.Object

Factory Class to create Gene objects. Applications can't change this class (it is final) but they can override the methods which call these methods.

Author:

Robin Hillyard

Method Summary

static Gene	makeDiploid(Locus locus, java.lang.String allele1, java.lang.String allele2) Construct a new Gene_Diploid with the given allele indexes
static Gene	makeGene(java.lang.Class<? extends Gene> clazz, Locus locus, java.lang.Object... parameters) TEST
static Gene	makeHaploid(Locus locus, java.lang.String allele)

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Method Detail

makeDiploid

public static Gene makeDiploid(Locus locus,
                               java.lang.String allele1,
                               java.lang.String allele2)

Construct a new Gene_Diploid with the given allele indexes

Parameters:

locus - the locus for the new gene

allele1 - the key for the 1st allele

allele2 - the key for the 2nd allele

Returns:

a newly created diploid gene

makeGene

public static Gene makeGene(java.lang.Class<? extends Gene> clazz,
                            Locus locus,
                            java.lang.Object... parameters)

TEST

Parameters:

clazz - the class of Gene to instantiate, which must have a constructor of form Gene(Locus,Object[]).

locus - the locus to which the new gene will belong.

parameters - the parameters to pass to the constructor.

Returns:

a newly constructed Gene.

makeHaploid

public static Gene makeHaploid(Locus locus,
                               java.lang.String allele)

Parameters:

locus - the locus for the new gene

allele - the key to the allele

Returns:

a newly constructed haploid gene