org.jscience.politics.vote
Class Ballot

java.lang.Object
  org.jscience.politics.vote.Ballot

All Implemented Interfaces:

java.lang.Cloneable

Direct Known Subclasses:

BinaryBallot, RankedBallot

public abstract class Ballot
extends java.lang.Object
implements java.lang.Cloneable

This class represents the different choices available to someone in a specific vote session.

Constructor Summary

Ballot()

Method Summary

abstract void	addChoice(java.lang.String title) DOCUMENT ME!
abstract void	addOptionToChoice(java.lang.String title, java.lang.String option) DOCUMENT ME!
abstract java.lang.Object	clone() DOCUMENT ME!
abstract java.util.Set	getChoices() DOCUMENT ME!
abstract java.util.Set	getOptionsForChoice(java.lang.String title) DOCUMENT ME!
abstract boolean	isOptionSelected(java.lang.String title, java.lang.String option) DOCUMENT ME!

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

Ballot

public Ballot()

Method Detail

addChoice

public abstract void addChoice(java.lang.String title)

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Parameters:

title - DOCUMENT ME!

addOptionToChoice

public abstract void addOptionToChoice(java.lang.String title,
                                       java.lang.String option)

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Parameters:

title - DOCUMENT ME!

option - DOCUMENT ME!

getChoices

public abstract java.util.Set getChoices()

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Returns:

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getOptionsForChoice

public abstract java.util.Set getOptionsForChoice(java.lang.String title)

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Parameters:

title - DOCUMENT ME!

Returns:

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isOptionSelected

public abstract boolean isOptionSelected(java.lang.String title,
                                         java.lang.String option)

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Parameters:

title - DOCUMENT ME!

option - DOCUMENT ME!

Returns:

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clone

public abstract java.lang.Object clone()

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Overrides:

clone in class java.lang.Object

Returns:

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