AFLPcore
Class SortableData

java.lang.Object
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  +--AFLPcore.Data
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        +--AFLPcore.SortableData

Direct Known Subclasses:

Bin, Cutoff, Peak

public abstract class SortableData

extends Data

This class allows subclasses that extend it to be sorted into an order.

Constructor Summary

SortableData()

Method Summary

abstract double

getSearchKey() This method returns a value for this object that can be used to order the object.

Methods inherited from class AFLPcore.Data

clone

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

SortableData

public SortableData()

Method Detail

getSearchKey

public abstract double getSearchKey()

This method returns a value for this object that can be used to order the object. For example, a peak would return it's loction in bp.

Returns:

the value used to search or sort this object