001/* 002 * BioJava development code 003 * 004 * This code may be freely distributed and modified under the 005 * terms of the GNU Lesser General Public Licence. This should 006 * be distributed with the code. If you do not have a copy, 007 * see: 008 * 009 * http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/lesser.html 010 * 011 * Copyright for this code is held jointly by the individual 012 * authors. These should be listed in @author doc comments. 013 * 014 * For more information on the BioJava project and its aims, 015 * or to join the biojava-l mailing list, visit the home page 016 * at: 017 * 018 * http://www.biojava.org/ 019 * 020 */ 021 022package org.biojava.bio.program.homologene; 023 024 025/** 026 * Each HomologeneEntry represents a single 027 * Homologene record that relates two 028 * presumptive orthologues. 029 */ 030public interface SimilarityType 031{ 032 public final static SimilarityType MULTIPLE 033 = new PlaceHolder("reciprocal best match between 3 or more organisms"); 034 public final static SimilarityType TWIN 035 = new PlaceHolder("reciprocal best match between 2 organisms"); 036 public final static SimilarityType CURATED 037 = new PlaceHolder("curated homology relationship"); 038 039 public class PlaceHolder implements SimilarityType 040 { 041 String description; 042 043 private PlaceHolder(String description) 044 { 045 this.description = description; 046 } 047 048 public String getDescription() 049 { 050 return description; 051 } 052 } 053}