gov.nih.nci.mageom.domain.DesignElement
Interface DesignElement

All Superinterfaces:
Describable, Extendable, Identifiable
All Known Subinterfaces:
CompositeSequence, Feature, Reporter
All Known Implementing Classes:
CompositeSequenceImpl, DesignElementImpl, FeatureImpl, ReporterImpl

public interface DesignElement
extends Identifiable

An element of an array. This is generally of type feature but can be specified as reporters or compositeSequence for arrays that are abstracted from a physical array.

Version:
%I%, %G%

Method Summary
 OntologyEntry getControlType()
          Returns the value of this DesignElement object's controlType attribute.
 void setControlType(OntologyEntry p_controlType)
          Sets the controlType attribute.
 
Methods inherited from interface gov.nih.nci.mageom.domain.Identifiable
getIdentifier, getName, setIdentifier, setName
 
Methods inherited from interface gov.nih.nci.mageom.domain.Describable
getAuditTrail, getDescriptions, getSecurity, setAuditTrail, setDescriptions, setSecurity
 
Methods inherited from interface gov.nih.nci.mageom.domain.Extendable
getPropertySets, setPropertySets
 

Method Detail

setControlType

void setControlType(OntologyEntry p_controlType)
Sets the controlType attribute. This API is currently read-only. So, calling this method does not affect the persistent state of a DesignElement object.

Parameters:
p_controlType - The new value for controlType.
See Also:
getControlType()

getControlType

OntologyEntry getControlType()
Returns the value of this DesignElement object's controlType attribute.

Returns:
gov.nih.nci.mageom.bean.Description.OntologyEntry The value of controlType.
See Also:
OntologyEntry