Package com.compomics.util.experiment.patient

Class Patient

java.lang.Object

com.compomics.util.experiment.patient.Patient

public class Patient
extends Object

This class groups the information about the patient from whom the sample is taken

Author:

Marc Vaudel

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
Patient()	Empty default constructor
Patient(String id)	Constructor,

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
void	addPatientInformation(PatientInformation patientInformation, Comparable value)	Adds patient information,
String	getId()	Returns the patient id,
Comparable	getPatientInformation(PatientInformation patientInformation)	Returns patient information,

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Details

Patient

public Patient()

Empty default constructor

Patient

public Patient(String id)

Constructor,

Parameters:

id - the patient number

Method Details

getId

public String getId()

Returns the patient id,

Returns:

the patient id

addPatientInformation

public void addPatientInformation(PatientInformation patientInformation,
 Comparable value)

Adds patient information,

Parameters:

patientInformation - the type of patient information to add

value - the value

getPatientInformation

public Comparable getPatientInformation(PatientInformation patientInformation)

Returns patient information,

Parameters:

patientInformation - the type of patient information desired

Returns:

the value for this patient. Null if not set.