DataPoint (adams-pom 24.5.0-SNAPSHOT API)

All Superinterfaces:

CloneHandler, Comparable, Serializable

All Known Implementing Classes:

AbstractDataPoint, InstancePoint, SequencePlotPoint, SpreadSheetRowPoint, TimeseriesPoint, XYSequencePoint
```
public interface DataPoint
extends Serializable, Comparable, CloneHandler
```
Generic Interface for data points.

Version:

$Revision$

Author:

fracpete (fracpete at waikato dot ac dot nz)

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`void`	`assign(DataPoint other)`	Obtains the stored variables from the other data point.
`Object`	`getClone()`	Returns a clone of itself.
`DataContainer`	`getParent()`	Returns the container this point belongs to.
`boolean`	`hasParent()`	Returns whether the point belongs to a container.
`void`	`setParent(DataContainer value)`	Sets the container this point belongs to.

Methods inherited from interface java.lang.Comparable
compareTo

- Method Detail
  - setParent
```
void setParent(DataContainer value)
```
    Sets the container this point belongs to.
    
    Parameters:
    
    value - the container
  - getParent
```
DataContainer getParent()
```
    Returns the container this point belongs to.
    
    Returns:
    
    the container, can be null
  - hasParent
```
boolean hasParent()
```
    Returns whether the point belongs to a container.
    
    Returns:
    
    true if the point belongs to a container
  - getClone
```
Object getClone()
```
    Returns a clone of itself.
    
    Specified by:
    
    getClone in interface CloneHandler
    
    Returns:
    
    the clone
  - assign
```
void assign(DataPoint other)
```
    Obtains the stored variables from the other data point.
    
    Parameters:
    
    other - the data point to get the values from