gov.nih.nci.caarray.external.v1_0.factor
Class Factor

java.lang.Object
  extended by gov.nih.nci.caarray.external.v1_0.AbstractCaArrayEntity
      extended by gov.nih.nci.caarray.external.v1_0.factor.Factor
All Implemented Interfaces:
java.io.Serializable

public class Factor
extends AbstractCaArrayEntity

Factor represents an experimental factor, e.g. an independent variable within an experiment.

Author:
dkokotov
See Also:
Serialized Form

Constructor Summary
Factor()
           
 
Method Summary
 java.lang.String getDescription()
           
 java.lang.String getName()
           
 Term getType()
           
 void setDescription(java.lang.String description)
           
 void setName(java.lang.String name)
           
 void setType(Term type)
           
 
Methods inherited from class gov.nih.nci.caarray.external.v1_0.AbstractCaArrayEntity
equals, getId, getReference, hashCode, setId, toString
 
Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
clone, finalize, getClass, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait
 

Constructor Detail

Factor

public Factor()
Method Detail

getName

public java.lang.String getName()
Returns:
the name for this factor.

setName

public void setName(java.lang.String name)
Parameters:
name - the name to set

getDescription

public java.lang.String getDescription()
Returns:
the long-form description of this factor

setDescription

public void setDescription(java.lang.String description)
Parameters:
description - the description to set

getType

public Term getType()
Returns:
a term from the MGED ontology defining the type of this factor.

setType

public void setType(Term type)
Parameters:
type - the type to set