org.biojava.bio

Class CardinalityConstraint

java.lang.Object

org.biojava.bio.CardinalityConstraint

public final class CardinalityConstraint
extends Object

A constraint on the number of values a property can have.

Since:

1.3 Usefull constants for whenever you need one of the common cardinalitites. Otherwise, build a Location using the normal Location APIs.:

Author:

Matthew Pocock

Field Summary

Fields

Modifier and Type	Field and Description
static Location	ANY The property can have any number of values, including none.
static Location	NONE This cardinality contains no intengers, not even zero.
static Location	ONE The property should have exactly one value.
static Location	ONE_OR_MORE The property should have one or more values.
static Location	ZERO The property should have zero values.
static Location	ZERO_OR_ONE The property should have zero or one values.

Method Summary

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

NONE

public static final Location NONE

This cardinality contains no intengers, not even zero. It means that there is no way to fulfill this cardinality constraint. It's like Double.NaN

ZERO

public static final Location ZERO

The property should have zero values. This means that it should be absent.

ZERO_OR_ONE

public static final Location ZERO_OR_ONE

The property should have zero or one values. This means that it is optional but if present must have exactly one value.

ANY

public static final Location ANY

The property can have any number of values, including none.

ONE

public static final Location ONE

The property should have exactly one value.

ONE_OR_MORE

public static final Location ONE_OR_MORE

The property should have one or more values. It can not be absent.