org.geworkbench.bison.datastructure.bioobjects.microarray
Interface DSAffyMarkerValue

All Superinterfaces:

java.lang.Comparable, DSMarkerValue, DSMutableMarkerValue, java.io.Serializable

All Known Implementing Classes:

CSAffyMarkerValue, CSExpressionMarkerValue

public interface DSAffyMarkerValue
extends DSMutableMarkerValue

Copyright: Copyright (c) 2003

Company: First Genetic Trust Inc.

Defines a Affymetrix Gene Marker generalization of org.geworkbench.bison.model.microarray.MarkerValue

Version:

1.0

Author:

First Genetic Trust

Method Summary

boolean	isAbsent() Utility method converse of AffyMarkerValue#isPresent
boolean	isMarginal() Tests the Marginality of this MarkerValue in the containing Microarray
boolean	isPresent() Tests the Detection Status of this MarkerValue in the containing Microarray
void	setAbsent() Utility method converse of AffyMarkerValue#setPresent
void	setMarginal() Sets the Marginality of this MarkerValue to either true or false
void	setPresent() Sets the Detection Status of this MarkerValue to either true or false

Methods inherited from interface org.geworkbench.bison.datastructure.bioobjects.microarray.DSMutableMarkerValue

mask, setConfidence, setMissing, setValue, unmask

Methods inherited from interface org.geworkbench.bison.datastructure.bioobjects.microarray.DSMarkerValue

deepCopy, equals, getConfidence, getDimensionality, getValue, isMasked, isMissing, isValid

Methods inherited from interface java.lang.Comparable

compareTo

Method Detail

isPresent

boolean isPresent()

Tests the Detection Status of this MarkerValue in the containing Microarray

Returns:

presence

setPresent

void setPresent()

Sets the Detection Status of this MarkerValue to either true or false

Parameters:

present - detection status

isMarginal

boolean isMarginal()

Tests the Marginality of this MarkerValue in the containing Microarray

Returns:

marginality

setMarginal

void setMarginal()

Sets the Marginality of this MarkerValue to either true or false

Parameters:

marginality - marginality

isAbsent

boolean isAbsent()

Utility method converse of AffyMarkerValue#isPresent

Returns:

detection status

setAbsent

void setAbsent()

Utility method converse of AffyMarkerValue#setPresent

Parameters:

absence - detection status