Package org.anchoranalysis.experiment.bean.identifier

Class ExperimentIdentifier

Object

AnchorBean<ExperimentIdentifier>

ExperimentIdentifier

Direct Known Subclasses:

ExperimentIdentifierAuto, ExperimentIdentifierConstant

public abstract class ExperimentIdentifier
extends AnchorBean<ExperimentIdentifier>

A method to produce an identifier for an experiment.

This identifier is not guaranteed to be unique, but often is unique within a particular local context where output-files may be stored.

Author:

Owen Feehan

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
ExperimentIdentifier()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
abstract String	identifier(Optional<String> taskName)	Creates an identifier for the experiment.

Methods inherited from class org.anchoranalysis.bean.AnchorBean

checkMisconfigured, describeBean, describeChildren, duplicateBean, fields, findFieldsOfClass, getBeanName, getLocalPath, localise, toString

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Details

ExperimentIdentifier

public ExperimentIdentifier()

Method Details

identifier

public abstract String identifier(Optional<String> taskName)

Creates an identifier for the experiment.

Parameters:

taskName - a name describing the current task if it exists.

Returns:

a string to identify the current experiment.