net.sf.basedb.core
Class IntensityFormula

java.lang.Object
  net.sf.basedb.core.IntensityFormula

public class IntensityFormula
extends Object

Holds information about the formulas used to calculate intensities from a raw data spot. An instance of this object holds a set of formulas corresponding to the number of channels for a raw data type.

Version:

2.0

Author:

Nicklas

See Also:

RawDataType

Last modified

$Date: 2010-08-13 10:50:27 +0200 (Fri, 13 Aug 2010) $

Field Summary

private String	description
private String[]	expressions
private String	name
private String	title

Constructor Summary

IntensityFormula(String name, String title, String description, String[] expressions)
Create a new intensity formula.

Method Summary

String	getDescription() Get a description of the intensity formula.
String[]	getExpressions() Get the expressions used to calculate the intensities.
String	getName() Get the name of the intensity formula.
String	getTitle() Get the title of the intensity formula.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

name

private final String name

title

private final String title

description

private final String description

expressions

private final String[] expressions

Constructor Detail

IntensityFormula

IntensityFormula(String name,
                 String title,
                 String description,
                 String[] expressions)

Create a new intensity formula. See the getter methods for a description of the parameters.

Method Detail

getName

public String getName()

Get the name of the intensity formula.

Returns:

A string with the name

getTitle

public String getTitle()

Get the title of the intensity formula. The title is not used by the core but can be used by client applications to display selection lists.

Returns:

A string with the title

getDescription

public String getDescription()

Get a description of the intensity formula. The description is not used by the core but can be used by client applications.

Returns:

A string with the description

getExpressions

public String[] getExpressions()

Get the expressions used to calculate the intensities. The expression for channel 1 is located in array position 0, for channel 2 in array postion 1, and so on.