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Interface QualifierFrequency

All Superinterfaces:

Comparable

All Known Implementing Classes:

QualifierFrequencyImpl

public interface QualifierFrequency

extends Comparable

Represents a coocurrence qualifier with a frequency. This can be extended to support source-specific things like a "mesh qualifier".

Following is a UML Class diagram showing the neighborhood around QualifierFrequency

Author:

Brian Carlsen, Deborah Shapiro

Method Summary

int	getFrequency() Returns the frequency.
String	getKeyFields() Returns a String key which can be used by equals, compareTo, and hashCode methods.
String	getQualifier() Returns the qualifier value.
void	setFrequency(int freq) Sets the frequency;
void	setQualifier(String qual) Sets the qualifier value.

Methods inherited from interface java.lang.Comparable

compareTo

Method Detail

getQualifier

public String getQualifier()

Returns the qualifier value.

Returns:

the qualifier value

setQualifier

public void setQualifier(String qual)

Sets the qualifier value.

Parameters:

qual - the qualifier value

getFrequency

public int getFrequency()

Returns the frequency.

Returns:

the frequency

setFrequency

public void setFrequency(int freq)

Sets the frequency;

Parameters:

freq - the frequency

getKeyFields

public String getKeyFields()

Returns a String key which can be used by equals, compareTo, and hashCode methods.

Returns:

a String composed from key QualifierFrequency fields