org.cytoscape.equations.builtins
Class Var

java.lang.Object
  org.cytoscape.equations.AbstractFunction
      org.cytoscape.equations.builtins.Var

All Implemented Interfaces:

Function

public class Var
extends AbstractFunction

Constructor Summary

Var()

Method Summary

Object	evaluateFunction(Object[] args) Used to invoke this function.
String	getFunctionSummary() Used to provide help for users.
String	getName() Used to parse the function string.
Class	getReturnType()

Methods inherited from class org.cytoscape.equations.AbstractFunction

argTypesAreValid, getPossibleArgTypes, getUsageDescription, validateArgTypes

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

Var

public Var()

Method Detail

getName

public String getName()

Used to parse the function string. This name is treated in a case-insensitive manner!

Specified by:

getName in interface Function

Specified by:

getName in class AbstractFunction

Returns:

the name by which you must call the function when used in an attribute equation.

getFunctionSummary

public String getFunctionSummary()

Used to provide help for users.

Specified by:

getFunctionSummary in interface Function

Specified by:

getFunctionSummary in class AbstractFunction

Returns:

a description of what this function does

getReturnType

public Class getReturnType()

Specified by:

getReturnType in interface Function

Specified by:

getReturnType in class AbstractFunction

Returns:

the static return type of this function, Object.class, Double.cLass, String.class, or Boolean.class. If the static return type is Object.class, the dynamic return type will be one of Double.cLass, String.class, or Boolean.class and will depend on the arguments passed to the function! Note, this is used by external tools used to filter a list of functions based on what a valid return type might be. In Cytoscape it is used in the attribute browser's formula builder.

evaluateFunction

public Object evaluateFunction(Object[] args)
                        throws FunctionError

Description copied from class: AbstractFunction

Used to invoke this function.

Specified by:

evaluateFunction in interface Function

Specified by:

evaluateFunction in class AbstractFunction

Parameters:

args - the function arguments which must be a list followed by a numeric argument

Returns:

the result of the function evaluation which is the maximum of the elements in the single list argument or the maximum of the one or more double arguments

Throws:

ArithmeticException

IllegalArgumentException - thrown if any of the members of the single List argument cannot be converted to a number

FunctionError