Package fr.ens.biologie.genomique.eoulsan.design

Interface Metadata

All Known Subinterfaces:

DesignMetadata, ExperimentMetadata, ExperimentSampleMetadata, SampleMetadata

All Known Implementing Classes:

AbstractMetadata, DesignMetadataImpl, ExperimentSampleMetadataImpl, UnmodifiableExperimentMetadata, UnmodifiableExperimentSampleMetadata

public interface Metadata

This interface defines common methods for metadata.

Since:

2.0

Author:

Laurent Jourdren

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
boolean	contains(String key)	Test if the key is in md.
Set<Map.Entry<String,String>>	entrySet()	Get an entry set of the metadata.
boolean	equals(Object o)
String	get(String key)	Get the value according the key.
boolean	getAsBoolean(String key)	Get the value according the key as a boolean.
List<String>	getAsList(String key)	Get the value according the key as a list.
String	getTrimmed(String key)	Get the trimmed value according the key.
boolean	isEmpty()	Test if there is no metadata.
Set<String>	keySet()	Get the keys of the metadata
void	remove(String key)	Remove the value according the key.
void	set(String key, String value)	Set the value according the key.
void	set(String key, List<String> value)	Set the value as a list according the key.
int	size()	Get the number of metadata.

Method Detail

get

String get(String key)

Get the value according the key.

Parameters:

key - the key

Returns:

the value

getTrimmed

String getTrimmed(String key)

Get the trimmed value according the key.

Parameters:

key - the key

Returns:

the value

set

void set(String key,
         String value)

Set the value according the key.

Parameters:

key - the key

value - the value

set

void set(String key,
         List<String> value)

Set the value as a list according the key.

Parameters:

key - the key

value - the value as a list

size

int size()

Get the number of metadata.

Returns:

the number of metadata

isEmpty

boolean isEmpty()

Test if there is no metadata.

Returns:

true if there is no metadata

contains

boolean contains(String key)

Test if the key is in md.

Parameters:

key - the key

Returns:

true if the key is in md

getAsList

List<String> getAsList(String key)

Get the value according the key as a list.

Parameters:

key - the key

Returns:

the value as a list

getAsBoolean

boolean getAsBoolean(String key)

Get the value according the key as a boolean.

Parameters:

key - the key

Returns:

the value as a boolean

keySet

Set<String> keySet()

Get the keys of the metadata

Returns:

a set with the keys of the metadata

entrySet

Set<Map.Entry<String,String>> entrySet()

Get an entry set of the metadata.

Returns:

a set of entries

remove

void remove(String key)

Remove the value according the key.

Parameters:

key - the key

equals

boolean equals(Object o)

Overrides:

equals in class Object