gov.nih.nlm.umls.meta.impl
Class QualifierFrequencyImpl

java.lang.Object
  gov.nih.nlm.umls.meta.impl.QualifierFrequencyImpl

All Implemented Interfaces:

QualifierFrequency, Comparable

public class QualifierFrequencyImpl
extends Object
implements QualifierFrequency

Default implementation of the QualifierFrequency interface.

Author:

Brian Carlsen, Deborah Shapiro

Constructor Summary

QualifierFrequencyImpl()
Instantiates an empty QualifierFrequency.

QualifierFrequencyImpl(QualifierFrequency qf)
Instantiates a QualifierFrequency from the specified QualifierFrequency.

Method Summary

int	compareTo(Object o) Compares this QualifierFrequency to another one.
boolean	equals(Object o) Returns true if the specified object is equal to this object.
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.
int	hashCode() Return a hash code based on key fields.
void	setFrequency(int freq) Sets the frequency;
void	setQualifier(String qual) Sets the qualifier value.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

QualifierFrequencyImpl

public QualifierFrequencyImpl()

Instantiates an empty QualifierFrequency.

QualifierFrequencyImpl

public QualifierFrequencyImpl(QualifierFrequency qf)

Instantiates a QualifierFrequency from the specified QualifierFrequency.

Parameters:

qf - QualifierFrequency to be copied

Method Detail

getQualifier

public String getQualifier()

Returns the qualifier value.

Specified by:

getQualifier in interface QualifierFrequency

Returns:

the qualifier value

setQualifier

public void setQualifier(String qual)

Sets the qualifier value.

Specified by:

setQualifier in interface QualifierFrequency

Parameters:

qual - the qualifier value

getFrequency

public int getFrequency()

Returns the frequency.

Specified by:

getFrequency in interface QualifierFrequency

Returns:

the frequency

setFrequency

public void setFrequency(int freq)

Sets the frequency;

Specified by:

setFrequency in interface QualifierFrequency

Parameters:

freq - the frequency

getKeyFields

public String getKeyFields()

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

Specified by:

getKeyFields in interface QualifierFrequency

Returns:

a String composed from the frequency and qualifier.

hashCode

public int hashCode()

Return a hash code based on key fields.

Overrides:

hashCode in class Object

Returns:

a hash code based on key fields

equals

public boolean equals(Object o)

Returns true if the specified object is equal to this object. The specified object must be a QualifierFrequency with matching key fields.

Overrides:

equals in class Object

Parameters:

o - an Object to compare against

Returns:

boolean true if Object o is equal false otherwise

compareTo

public int compareTo(Object o)

Compares this QualifierFrequency to another one. Results are indeterminate if the specified parameter is not of the same class.

Specified by:

compareTo in interface Comparable

Parameters:

o - the Object to compare to

Returns:

int representing the relative ordering of this and the compare-to object