de.jstacs.parameters
Interface Rangeable

All Known Implementing Classes:

AbstractSelectionParameter, EnumParameter, MultiSelectionParameter, SelectionParameter, SimpleParameter

public interface Rangeable

Interface for Parameters that potentially can be varied over a certain interval or a list of values. If isRangeable() returns true an instance of a RangeIterator that is defined equivalently (data type, name, comment, etc.) to the current instance but can have multiple values can be obtained using the method getRangedInstance().

Author:

Jan Grau

See Also:

RangeIterator

Method Summary

Parameter	getRangedInstance() Returns an instance of RangeIterator that has the same properties as the current instance, but accepts a range or list of values.
boolean	isRangeable() Returns true if the parameters can be varied over a range of values.

Method Detail

isRangeable

boolean isRangeable()

Returns true if the parameters can be varied over a range of values.

Returns:

true if the parameter can be varied, false otherwise

getRangedInstance

Parameter getRangedInstance()
                            throws Exception

Returns an instance of RangeIterator that has the same properties as the current instance, but accepts a range or list of values. These values can be obtained by the methods of RangeIterator.

Returns:

an instance with the same properties as the current instance

Throws:

Exception - is thrown if isRangeable() returns false or the ranged instance could not be created for some other reason