org.openscience.cdk.interfaces

Interface IElement

All Superinterfaces:

Cloneable, ICDKObject, IChemObject

All Known Subinterfaces:

IAtom, IAtomType, IFragmentAtom, IIsotope, IPDBAtom, IPseudoAtom, IQueryAtom

All Known Implementing Classes:

AliphaticAtom, AliphaticSymbolAtom, AnyAtom, AromaticAtom, AromaticSymbolAtom, Atom, Atom, AtomicNumberAtom, AtomType, AtomType, ChiralityAtom, ConnectionCountAtom, DebugAtom, DebugAtomType, DebugElement, DebugFragmentAtom, DebugIsotope, DebugPDBAtom, DebugPseudoAtom, DegreeAtom, Element, Element, EnzymeResidueLocator, ExplicitConnectionAtom, FormalChargeAtom, FragmentAtom, FragmentAtom, HybridizationNumberAtom, HydrogenAtom, ImplicitHCountAtom, InverseSymbolSetQueryAtom, Isotope, Isotope, LogicalOperatorAtom, MassAtom, NNAtom, NNAtomType, NNElement, NNFragmentAtom, NNIsotope, NNPDBAtom, NNPseudoAtom, NonCHHeavyAtom, PDBAtom, PDBAtom, PeriodicGroupNumberAtom, PharmacophoreAtom, PharmacophoreQueryAtom, PseudoAtom, PseudoAtom, RecursiveSmartsAtom, RingAtom, RingIdentifierAtom, RingMembershipAtom, SmallestRingAtom, SMARTSAtom, SymbolAndChargeQueryAtom, SymbolChargeIDQueryAtom, SymbolQueryAtom, SymbolSetQueryAtom, TotalConnectionAtom, TotalHCountAtom, TotalRingConnectionAtom, TotalValencyAtom

public interface IElement
extends IChemObject

Implements the idea of an element in the periodic table.

Keywords:

element, atomic number, number, atomic

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
Integer	getAtomicNumber() Returns the atomic number of this element.
String	getSymbol() Returns the element symbol of this element.
void	setAtomicNumber(Integer atomicNumber) Sets the atomic number of this element.
void	setSymbol(String symbol) Sets the element symbol of this element.

Methods inherited from interface org.openscience.cdk.interfaces.IChemObject

addListener, clone, getFlag, getFlags, getID, getListenerCount, getNotification, getProperties, getProperty, notifyChanged, notifyChanged, removeListener, removeProperty, setFlag, setFlags, setID, setNotification, setProperties, setProperty, toString

Methods inherited from interface org.openscience.cdk.interfaces.ICDKObject

getBuilder

Method Detail

getAtomicNumber

Integer getAtomicNumber()

Returns the atomic number of this element.

Once instantiated all field not filled by passing parameters to the constructor are null. Elements can be configured by using the IsotopeFactory.configure() method:

   Element element = new Element("C");
   IsotopeFactory if = IsotopeFactory.getInstance(element.getNewBuilder());
   if.configure(element);
 

Returns:

The atomic number of this element

See Also:

setAtomicNumber(java.lang.Integer)

setAtomicNumber

void setAtomicNumber(Integer atomicNumber)

Sets the atomic number of this element.

Parameters:

atomicNumber - The atomic mass to be assigned to this element

See Also:

getAtomicNumber()

getSymbol

String getSymbol()

Returns the element symbol of this element.

Returns:

The element symbol of this element. Null if unset.

See Also:

setSymbol(java.lang.String)

setSymbol

void setSymbol(String symbol)

Sets the element symbol of this element.

Parameters:

symbol - The element symbol to be assigned to this atom

See Also:

getSymbol()