org.openscience.cdk.qsar.descriptors.molecular
Class LongestAliphaticChainDescriptor

java.lang.Object
  org.openscience.cdk.qsar.descriptors.molecular.LongestAliphaticChainDescriptor

All Implemented Interfaces:

IDescriptor, IMolecularDescriptor

public class LongestAliphaticChainDescriptor
extends java.lang.Object
implements IMolecularDescriptor

Class that returns the number of atoms in the longest aliphatic chain.

This descriptor uses these parameters:

Name	Default	Description
checkRingSystem	false	True is the CDKConstant.ISINRING has to be set

Returns a single value named nAtomLAC

Author:

chhoppe from EUROSCREEN

Belongs to the set:

qsar-descriptors

Created on:

2006-1-03

Belongs to CDK module:

qsarmolecular

Dictionary pointer(s):

largestAliphaticChain in the QSAR.sf.net Descriptors Dictionary [qsar-descriptors:largestAliphaticChain]

Source code:

revision 11779

Constructor Summary

LongestAliphaticChainDescriptor()
Constructor for the LongestAliphaticChainDescriptor object.

Method Summary

void	breadthFirstSearch(IAtomContainer container, java.util.List<IAtom> sphere, java.util.List<IAtom> path) Performs a breadthFirstSearch in an AtomContainer starting with a particular sphere, which usually consists of one start atom, and searches for a pi system.
DescriptorValue	calculate(IAtomContainer container) Calculate the count of atoms of the longest aliphatic chain in the supplied AtomContainer.
java.lang.String[]	getDescriptorNames() Returns an array of names for each descriptor value calculated.
IDescriptorResult	getDescriptorResultType() Returns the specific type of the DescriptorResult object.
java.lang.String[]	getParameterNames() Gets the parameterNames attribute of the LongestAliphaticChainDescriptor object.
java.lang.Object[]	getParameters() Gets the parameters attribute of the LongestAliphaticChainDescriptor object.
java.lang.Object	getParameterType(java.lang.String name) Gets the parameterType attribute of the LongestAliphaticChainDescriptor object.
DescriptorSpecification	getSpecification() Returns a Map which specifies which descriptor is implemented by this class.
void	setParameters(java.lang.Object[] params) Sets the parameters attribute of the LongestAliphaticChainDescriptor object.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

LongestAliphaticChainDescriptor

public LongestAliphaticChainDescriptor()

Constructor for the LongestAliphaticChainDescriptor object.

Method Detail

getSpecification

public DescriptorSpecification getSpecification()

Returns a Map which specifies which descriptor is implemented by this class. These fields are used in the map:

• Specification-Reference: refers to an entry in a unique dictionary
• Implementation-Title: anything
• Implementation-Identifier: a unique identifier for this version of this class
• Implementation-Vendor: CDK, JOELib, or anything else

Specified by:

getSpecification in interface IDescriptor

Returns:

An object containing the descriptor specification

setParameters

public void setParameters(java.lang.Object[] params)
                   throws CDKException

Sets the parameters attribute of the LongestAliphaticChainDescriptor object. This descriptor takes one parameter, which should be Boolean to indicate whether aromaticity has been checked (TRUE) or not (FALSE).

Specified by:

setParameters in interface IDescriptor

Parameters:

params - The new parameters value

Throws:

CDKException - if more than one parameter or a non-Boolean parameter is specified

See Also:

getParameters()

getParameters

public java.lang.Object[] getParameters()

Gets the parameters attribute of the LongestAliphaticChainDescriptor object.

Specified by:

getParameters in interface IDescriptor

Returns:

The parameters value

See Also:

setParameters(java.lang.Object[])

getDescriptorNames

@TestMethod(value="testNamesConsistency")
public java.lang.String[] getDescriptorNames()

Description copied from interface: IDescriptor

Returns an array of names for each descriptor value calculated.

Many descriptors return multiple values. In general it is useful for the descriptor to indicate the names for each value.

In many cases, these names can be as simple as X1, X2, ..., XN where X is a prefix and 1, 2, ..., N are the indices. On the other hand it is also possible to return other arbitrary names, which should be documented in the Javadocs for the decsriptor (e.g., the CPSA descriptor).

Note that by default if a descriptor returns a single value (such as ALOGPDescriptor the return array will have a single element

Specified by:

getDescriptorNames in interface IDescriptor

Returns:

An array of descriptor names, equal in length to the number of descriptor calculated..

calculate

public DescriptorValue calculate(IAtomContainer container)

Calculate the count of atoms of the longest aliphatic chain in the supplied AtomContainer. The method require one parameter: if checkRingSyste is true the CDKConstant.ISINRING will be set

Specified by:

calculate in interface IMolecularDescriptor

Parameters:

container - The AtomContainer for which this descriptor is to be calculated

Returns:

the number of atoms in the longest aliphatic chain of this AtomContainer

See Also:

setParameters(java.lang.Object[])

getDescriptorResultType

public IDescriptorResult getDescriptorResultType()

Returns the specific type of the DescriptorResult object.

The return value from this method really indicates what type of result will be obtained from the DescriptorValue object. Note that the same result can be achieved by interrogating the DescriptorValue object; this method allows you to do the same thing, without actually calculating the descriptor.

Specified by:

getDescriptorResultType in interface IMolecularDescriptor

Returns:

an object that implements the IDescriptorResult interface indicating the actual type of values returned by the descriptor in the DescriptorValue object

breadthFirstSearch

public void breadthFirstSearch(IAtomContainer container,
                               java.util.List<IAtom> sphere,
                               java.util.List<IAtom> path)
                        throws CDKException

Performs a breadthFirstSearch in an AtomContainer starting with a particular sphere, which usually consists of one start atom, and searches for a pi system.

Parameters:

container - The AtomContainer to be searched

sphere - A sphere of atoms to start the search with

path - A vector which stores the atoms belonging to the pi system

Throws:

CDKException - Description of the Exception

getParameterNames

public java.lang.String[] getParameterNames()

Gets the parameterNames attribute of the LongestAliphaticChainDescriptor object.

Specified by:

getParameterNames in interface IDescriptor

Returns:

The parameterNames value

getParameterType

public java.lang.Object getParameterType(java.lang.String name)

Gets the parameterType attribute of the LongestAliphaticChainDescriptor object.

Specified by:

getParameterType in interface IDescriptor

Parameters:

name - Description of the Parameter

Returns:

An Object of class equal to that of the parameter being requested