iqueryatom.java

化学图形处理软件

/* $RCSfile$
 * $Author: sushil_ronghe $
 * $Date: 2007-04-17 20:49:16 +0200 (Tue, 17 Apr 2007) $
 * $Revision: 8208 $
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 * Copyright (C) 2004-2007  Egon Willighagen <[e-mail]>
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package org.openscience.cdk.isomorphism.matchers;

import org.openscience.cdk.interfaces.IAtom;

/**
 * Defines the abililty to be matched against IAtom's. Most prominent application
 * is in isomorphism and substructure matching in the UniversalIsomorphismTester.
 * 
 * @cdk.module interfaces
 * @see        org.openscience.cdk.isomorphism.UniversalIsomorphismTester
 */
public interface IQueryAtom extends IAtom {
         public static final int Default=56562;
	/**
	 * Returns true of the given <code>atom</code> matches this IQueryAtom.
	 * 
	 * @param atom IAtom to match against
	 * @return     true, if this IQueryAtom matches the given IAtom
	 */
	public boolean matches(IAtom atom);
        public void setOperator(String ID);
        
    
}