anvil.annot
Interface AnvilExtraObject


public interface AnvilExtraObject

Objects that can be used by plug-in programmers to store system data in the track elements of an annotation.


Method Summary
 boolean parseString(java.lang.String rep)
          Parses the string representation as produced by toOutput and writes the respective data to this object.
 java.lang.String toOutput()
          Returns a string representation of this objects that is used to store the information in Anvil's data files (does not have to be XML, anything will do).
 

Method Detail

toOutput

public java.lang.String toOutput()
Returns a string representation of this objects that is used to store the information in Anvil's data files (does not have to be XML, anything will do).


parseString

public boolean parseString(java.lang.String rep)
Parses the string representation as produced by toOutput and writes the respective data to this object. This is used to read back the data stored in Anvil's files.

Parameters:
rep - string representation of an AnvilExtraObject
Returns:
true if parsing was successful, false otherwise