pal.tree
Interface TreeManipulator.BranchAccess

Enclosing class:

TreeManipulator

public static interface TreeManipulator.BranchAccess

The branch access objects allow specific operations on a particular branch (refered to as connections internally to confuse and bewilder)

Method Summary

TreeManipulator	attachSubTree(Node subTree, int constructionMode) Create a new TreeManipulator object that has sub grafted on (half way across this branch)
java.lang.String[][]	getLabelSplit() Obtain the split of the labels around this branch.
void	setAnnotation(java.lang.Object annotation) Set the annotation for this branch (will be used when instructing a TreeInterface

Method Detail

attachSubTree

TreeManipulator attachSubTree(Node subTree,
                              int constructionMode)

Create a new TreeManipulator object that has sub grafted on (half way across this branch)

Parameters:

subTree - The sub tree, as normal Node object.

Returns:

A new TreeManipulator

getLabelSplit

java.lang.String[][] getLabelSplit()

Obtain the split of the labels around this branch.

Returns:

A two dimensional array of string arrays (the first element is the label names of one side of the split, the second element is the remainder)

setAnnotation

void setAnnotation(java.lang.Object annotation)

Set the annotation for this branch (will be used when instructing a TreeInterface

Parameters:

annotation - the annotation object (is dependent on the TreeInterface instructed)