org.jscience.biology
Class Virus

java.lang.Object
  org.jscience.biology.Virus

All Implemented Interfaces:

java.lang.Cloneable

public class Virus
extends java.lang.Object
implements java.lang.Cloneable

A class representing a virus. Virus are not real "alive" cells. They normally do not contain DNA but RNA although this may happen. They invade cells and use them to reproduce.

Field Summary

static int	INVADING DOCUMENT ME!
static int	LEAVING DOCUMENT ME!
static int	MOVING DOCUMENT ME!
static int	REPRODUCING DOCUMENT ME!

Constructor Summary

Virus(Genome genome)
Creates a new Virus object.

Virus(Genome genome, Alphabet coding)
Creates a new Virus object.

Method Summary

Virus	clone() DOCUMENT ME!
Alphabet	getCoding() DOCUMENT ME!
Disease	getDisease() DOCUMENT ME!
Genome	getGenome() DOCUMENT ME!
int	getStage() DOCUMENT ME!
void	nextStage() DOCUMENT ME!
Virus	reproduce(Cell cell) DOCUMENT ME!
void	setDisease(Disease disease) DOCUMENT ME!
void	setStage(int stage) DOCUMENT ME!

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

MOVING

public static final int MOVING

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Constant Field Values

INVADING

public static final int INVADING

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REPRODUCING

public static final int REPRODUCING

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LEAVING

public static final int LEAVING

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Constructor Detail

Virus

public Virus(Genome genome)

Creates a new Virus object.

Parameters:

genome - DOCUMENT ME!

Throws:

java.lang.IllegalArgumentException - DOCUMENT ME!

Virus

public Virus(Genome genome,
             Alphabet coding)

Creates a new Virus object.

Parameters:

genome - DOCUMENT ME!

coding - DOCUMENT ME!

Throws:

java.lang.IllegalArgumentException - DOCUMENT ME!

Method Detail

getGenome

public Genome getGenome()

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Returns:

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getCoding

public Alphabet getCoding()

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Returns:

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getDisease

public Disease getDisease()

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Returns:

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setDisease

public void setDisease(Disease disease)

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Parameters:

disease - DOCUMENT ME!

getStage

public int getStage()

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Returns:

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setStage

public void setStage(int stage)

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Parameters:

stage - DOCUMENT ME!

nextStage

public void nextStage()

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clone

public Virus clone()

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Overrides:

clone in class java.lang.Object

Returns:

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reproduce

public Virus reproduce(Cell cell)

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Parameters:

cell - DOCUMENT ME!

Returns:

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