public class ListOfConstraints extends ListOf
The various ListOf___ classes in SBML
are merely containers used for organizing the main components of an SBML
model. In libSBML's implementation, ListOf___
classes are derived from the
intermediate utility class ListOf
, which
is not defined by the SBML specifications but serves as a useful
programmatic construct. ListOf
is itself is in turn derived from SBase
,
which provides all of the various ListOf___
classes with common features
defined by the SBML specification, such as 'metaid' attributes and
annotations.
The relationship between the lists and the rest of an SBML model is illustrated by the following (for SBML Level 2 Version 4):
Readers may wonder about the motivations for using the ListOf___
containers in SBML. A simpler approach in XML might be to place the
components all directly at the top level of the model definition. The
choice made in SBML is to group them within XML elements named after
ListOfClassname, in part because it helps organize the
components. More importantly, the fact that the container classes are
derived from SBase
means that software tools can add information about
the lists themselves into each list container's 'annotation'.
Constructor and Description |
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ListOfConstraints(long level,
long version)
Creates a new
ListOfConstraints object. |
ListOfConstraints(SBMLNamespaces sbmlns)
Creates a new
ListOfConstraints object. |
Modifier and Type | Method and Description |
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ListOfConstraints |
cloneObject()
Creates and returns a deep copy of this
ListOfConstraints instance. |
void |
delete()
Explicitly deletes the underlying native object.
|
Constraint |
get(long n)
Get a
Constraint from the ListOfConstraints . |
java.lang.String |
getElementName()
Returns the XML element name of this object.
|
int |
getItemTypeCode()
Returns the libSBML type code for the objects contained in this
ListOf
(i.e., Constraint objects, if the list is non-empty). |
Constraint |
remove(long n)
Removes the nth item from this
ListOfConstraints items and returns a
pointer to it. |
append, appendAndOwn, appendFrom, clear, clear, getElementByMetaId, getElementBySId, getTypeCode, insert, insertAndOwn, removeFromParentAndDelete, size
addCVTerm, addCVTerm, appendAnnotation, appendAnnotation, appendNotes, appendNotes, disablePackage, enablePackage, equals, getAncestorOfType, getAncestorOfType, getAnnotation, getAnnotationString, getColumn, getCVTerm, getCVTerms, getLevel, getLine, getListOfAllElements, getListOfAllElements, getListOfAllElementsFromPlugins, getListOfAllElementsFromPlugins, getMetaId, getModel, getModelHistory, getNamespaces, getNotes, getNotesString, getNumCVTerms, getNumPlugins, getPackageName, getPackageVersion, getParentSBMLObject, getPlugin, getPlugin, getPrefix, getResourceBiologicalQualifier, getResourceModelQualifier, getSBMLDocument, getSBOTerm, getSBOTermAsURL, getSBOTermID, getURI, getVersion, hashCode, hasValidLevelVersionNamespaceCombination, isPackageEnabled, isPackageURIEnabled, isSetAnnotation, isSetMetaId, isSetModelHistory, isSetNotes, isSetSBOTerm, matchesRequiredSBMLNamespacesForAddition, matchesSBMLNamespaces, removeTopLevelAnnotationElement, removeTopLevelAnnotationElement, removeTopLevelAnnotationElement, renameMetaIdRefs, renameSIdRefs, renameUnitSIdRefs, replaceTopLevelAnnotationElement, replaceTopLevelAnnotationElement, setAnnotation, setAnnotation, setMetaId, setModelHistory, setNamespaces, setNotes, setNotes, setNotes, setSBOTerm, setSBOTerm, toSBML, toXMLNode, unsetAnnotation, unsetCVTerms, unsetId, unsetMetaId, unsetModelHistory, unsetName, unsetNotes, unsetSBOTerm
public ListOfConstraints(long level, long version) throws SBMLConstructorException
ListOfConstraints
object.
The object is constructed such that it is valid for the given SBML Level and Version combination.
level
- the SBML Level
version
- the Version within the SBML LevelSBMLConstructorException
public ListOfConstraints(SBMLNamespaces sbmlns) throws SBMLConstructorException
ListOfConstraints
object.
The object is constructed such that it is valid for the SBML Level and
Version combination determined by the SBMLNamespaces
object in
sbmlns
.
sbmlns
- an SBMLNamespaces
object that is used to determine the
characteristics of the ListOfConstraints
object to be created.SBMLConstructorException
public ListOfConstraints cloneObject()
ListOfConstraints
instance.
cloneObject
 in class ListOf
ListOfConstraints
.public void delete()
In general, application software will not need to call this method directly. The Java language binding for libSBML is implemented as a language wrapper that provides a Java interface to libSBML's underlying C++/C code. Some of the Java methods return objects that are linked to objects created not by Java code, but by C++ code. The Java objects wrapped around them will be deleted when the garbage collector invokes the corresponding C++ finalize()
methods for the objects. The finalize()
methods in turn call the ListOfConstraints.delete()
method on the libSBML object.
This method is exposed in case calling programs want to ensure that the underlying object is freed immediately, and not at some arbitrary time determined by the Java garbage collector. In normal usage, callers do not need to invoke ListOfConstraints.delete()
themselves.
public Constraint get(long n)
Constraint
from the ListOfConstraints
.
get
 in class ListOf
n
- the index number of the Constraint
to get.
Constraint
in this ListOfConstraints
.
ListOf.size()
public java.lang.String getElementName()
For ListOfConstraints
, the XML element name is 'listOfConstraints'.
getElementName
 in class ListOf
'listOfConstraints'.
public int getItemTypeCode()
ListOf
(i.e., Constraint
objects, if the list is non-empty).
LibSBML attaches an identifying code to every kind of SBML object. These
are integer constants known as SBML type codes. The names of all
the codes begin with the characters &ldquoSBML_
&rdquo.
In the Java language interface for libSBML, the
type codes are defined as static integer constants in the interface class
libsbmlConstants
. Note that different Level 3
package plug-ins may use overlapping type codes to identify the package
to which a given object belongs, call the getPackageName()
method on the object.
getItemTypeCode
 in class ListOf
ListOf
instance: SBML_CONSTRAINT
(default).
ListOfConstraints.getElementName()
,
SBase.getPackageName()
public Constraint remove(long n)
ListOfConstraints
items and returns a
pointer to it.
The caller owns the returned item and is responsible for deleting it.
remove
 in class ListOf
n
- the index of the item to remove
ListOf.size()