SymbolPropertyTableDB (biojava-legacy 1.9.5 API)

All Known Implementing Classes:

SimpleSymbolPropertyTableDB
```
public interface SymbolPropertyTableDB
```
Database of SymbolPropertyTable objects.

Version:

$Revision$

Author:

Martin Szugat

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`Set`	`names()`	Returns the set of unique table names.
`int`	`numTables()`	Returns the number of symbol property tables in the database.
`SymbolPropertyTable`	`table(String name)`	Returns the table with the specified name.
`SymbolPropertyTableIterator`	`tableIterator()`	Returns an iterator over `SymbolPropertyTable` objects.

- Method Detail
  - tableIterator
```
SymbolPropertyTableIterator tableIterator()
```
    Returns an iterator over SymbolPropertyTable objects.
    
    Returns:
    
    a new iterator
  - numTables
```
int numTables()
```
    Returns the number of symbol property tables in the database.
    
    Returns:
    
    the number of tables
  - names
```
Set names()
```
    Returns the set of unique table names.
    
    Returns:
    
    a set containing strings
  - table
```
SymbolPropertyTable table(String name)
                   throws IllegalIDException,
                          NullPointerException
```
    Returns the table with the specified name.
    
    Parameters:
    
    name - the name of the table
    
    Returns:
    
    the specified table
    
    Throws:
    
    IllegalIDException - if no symbol property table with the specified name could be found.
    
    NullPointerException - if name is null.