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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


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