de.bioforscher.singa.core.biology

Class Taxon

java.lang.Object

de.bioforscher.singa.core.biology.Taxon

All Implemented Interfaces:

Nameable

public class Taxon
extends Object
implements Nameable

A taxon is usually known by a particular name and given a particular ranking.

A taxonomic rank is the relative level of a group of organisms in a taxonomic hierarchy. Examples of taxonomic ranks are species, genus, family, order, class, phylum, kingdom, domain, etc.

The name is a descriptive term for this group, its hierarchical clade.

Author:

cl

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
Taxon(String name) Creates a taxon with unknown or unspecified rank.
Taxon(String rank, String name) Creates a new Taxon with rank and name.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
String	getName() Returns the name, by which the object can be referenced.
String	getRank() Returns the rank of this taxon.
void	setName(String name) Sets the name of this taxon.
void	setRank(String rank) Sets the rank of this taxon.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

Taxon

public Taxon(String rank,
             String name)

Creates a new Taxon with rank and name.

Parameters:

rank - The rank.

name - The name.

Taxon

public Taxon(String name)

Creates a taxon with unknown or unspecified rank.

Parameters:

name - The name.

Method Detail

getRank

public String getRank()

Returns the rank of this taxon.

Returns:

The rank of this taxon.

setRank

public void setRank(String rank)

Sets the rank of this taxon.

Parameters:

rank - The rank.

getName

public String getName()

Description copied from interface: Nameable

Returns the name, by which the object can be referenced.

Specified by:

getName in interface Nameable

Returns:

The name of the object.

setName

public void setName(String name)

Sets the name of this taxon.

Parameters:

name - The name.