ielectroncontainer.java

化学图形处理软件

/* $RCSfile$
 * $Author: egonw $
 * $Date: 2007-01-04 18:46:10 +0100 (Thu, 04 Jan 2007) $
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package org.openscience.cdk.interfaces;

/**
 * Base class for entities containing electrons, like bonds, orbitals, lone-pairs.
 *
 * @cdk.module interfaces
 *
 * @cdk.keyword electron
 */
public interface IElectronContainer extends IChemObject {

	/**
	 * Returns the number of electrons in this electron container.
	 *
	 * @return The number of electrons in this electron container.
     * @see     #setElectronCount
	 */
	public int getElectronCount();

	/**
	 * Sets the number of electorn in this electron container.
	 *
	 * @param   electronCount The number of electrons in this electron container.
     * @see     #getElectronCount
	 */
	public void setElectronCount(int electronCount);

}