org.evolvica.core
Class GenotypeRepository

java.lang.Object
  org.evolvica.core.GenotypeRepository

public class GenotypeRepository

extends java.lang.Object

Repository for collecting and creating genotype IDs.

Since:

0.4.0

Version:

$Revision: 1.5 $ $Date: 2004/05/26 11:57:53 $

Author:

Andreas Rummler

Method Summary

static IDatatype	getID(java.lang.Class clazz) Returns a genotype ID for a given class.
static IDatatype	getID(IGenotype gene) Returns a genotype ID for a given genotype.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Method Detail

getID

public static final IDatatype getID(IGenotype gene)

Returns a genotype ID for a given genotype. This methods returns an ID if the genotype is already known or creates a new ID if the genotype is unknown.

Parameters:

gene - genotype for which an ID should be created

Returns:

ID for the given genotype

getID

public static final IDatatype getID(java.lang.Class clazz)

Returns a genotype ID for a given class. This is a helper method for creating genotype IDs.

Parameters:

clazz - class for which an ID should be created

Returns:

ID for the given genotype class or null if the class is not an instance of IGenotype