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A particle which may be collided,decayed or produced in a Reaction for which data has been reported.

Version:

$Date: 2006-02-02 16:35:56 +0000 (Thu, 02 Feb 2006) $ $Revision: 500 $

Author:

S Butterworth

Field Summary

static int

MAXLENGTH

Constructor Summary

Particle(int id)
builds a particle from an id

Particle(java.lang.String particleName)
Build a particle from the DB.

Method Summary

void	addOne() increases the multiplicity of the particle by one
java.lang.String	getDescription()
int	getId() Return the unique ID of this particle
int	getMultiplicity() One by default.
void	setDescription(java.lang.String s)
void	setId(int id) Set the internal ID code

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Methods inherited from interface cedar.hepdata.model.HDPersistable

toString

Field Detail

MAXLENGTH

public static final int MAXLENGTH

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Constant Field Values

Constructor Detail

Particle

public Particle(int id)
         throws HDException

builds a particle from an id

Throws:

HDException

Particle

public Particle(java.lang.String particleName)
         throws HDException

Build a particle from the DB.

Parameters:

particleName -

Throws:

HDException

Method Detail

getId

public int getId()

Return the unique ID of this particle

Specified by:

getId in interface HDPersistable

Returns:

particleId

getDescription

public java.lang.String getDescription()

setId

public void setId(int id)

Description copied from interface: HDPersistable

Set the internal ID code

Specified by:

setId in interface HDPersistable

Parameters:

id - internal ID used to define (part of) the

setDescription

public void setDescription(java.lang.String s)

getMultiplicity

public int getMultiplicity()

One by default. May be more when used to describe a Final State of a Reaction

addOne

public void addOne()

increases the multiplicity of the particle by one