DataPointWithMetaData (adams-pom 24.11.0-SNAPSHOT API)

All Superinterfaces:

CloneHandler, Comparable, DataPoint, Serializable

All Known Implementing Classes:

SequencePlotPoint, XYSequencePoint
```
public interface DataPointWithMetaData
extends DataPoint
```
Interface for DataPoint-implementing classes that also support meta-data.

Author:

fracpete (fracpete at waikato dot ac dot nz)

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`HashMap<String,Object>`	`getMetaData()`	Returns the stored meta-data.
`boolean`	`hasMetaData()`	Checks if any meta-data is available.
`void`	`setMetaData(HashMap<String,Object> value)`	Sets the meta-data to use.

Methods inherited from interface java.lang.Comparable
compareTo

Methods inherited from interface adams.data.container.DataPoint
assign, getClone, getParent, hasParent, setParent

- Method Detail
  - setMetaData
```
void setMetaData(HashMap<String,Object> value)
```
    Sets the meta-data to use.
    
    Parameters:
    
    value - the meta-data
  - getMetaData
```
HashMap<String,Object> getMetaData()
```
    Returns the stored meta-data.
    
    Returns:
    
    the meta-data, null if none available
  - hasMetaData
```
boolean hasMetaData()
```
    Checks if any meta-data is available.
    
    Returns:
    
    true if meta-data available