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Class DoubleMinute

Overview

• Constructors
• Interfaces
• Enumerations
• Properties
• Methods
• Interaction with other classes

Programming Language

• Microsoft Visual Basic .Net.

Availability

• Copyrighted but free software under the GNU Public License.
• Binaries and source code can be obtained from the Download section.

Constructors

Public Sub New()

Parameters

• None.

Remarks

• This constructor is meant for COM compatibility only. For other purposes, its use is not recommended.

Public Sub New(ByVal Description As String)

Parameters

• Description: a textual description of the double minutes according to the ISCN.

Exceptions

• ArgumentException: If the textual description of the double minutes does not meet the patterns (regular expressions) used to recognize its constituents, an ArgumentException containing a description of the problem is thrown.

Remarks

• A "-" instead of an "~" sign will be also accepted.

Examples

• myDMin = New DoubleMinute("9~34dmin") initializes a DoubleMinute object representing a range of 9 to 34 double minutes.

Public Sub New(ByVal MinCount As Integer, ByVal MaxCount As Integer)

Parameters

• MinCount: the minimum copy number of double minutes found.
• MaxCount: the maximum copy number of double minutes found.

Examples

• myDMin = New DoubleMinute(9,34) initializes a DoubleMinute object representing a range of 9 to 34 double minutes.

Interfaces

ICloneable

Enumerations

Properties

Approximate As Boolean

Property Value

• a value indicating if the copy number of double minutes is an approximate number.

Remarks

• this proeprty is useful when no range for the number of double minutes can be given and the value is an estimation only.

MaximumCount As Integer

Property Value

• a value indicating the maximum copy number of double minutes.

Remarks

• if no range was specified, MaximumCount and MinimumCount will return the same value.
• when the MaximumCount property is changed later, no actions are taken to enforce that MaximumCount is not less than MinimumCount.

Examples

• With myDMin = New DoubleMinute("9~34dmin"), MaximumCount is 34.
• With myDMin = New DoubleMinute("~11dmin"), MaximumCount is 11.

MinimumCount As Integer

Property Value

• a value indicating the minimum copy number of double minutes.

Remarks

• if no range was speified, MaximumCount and MinimumCount will return the same value.
• when the MinimumCount property is changed later, no actions are taken to enforce that MinimumCount is not greater than MaximumCount.

Examples

• With myDMin = New DoubleMinute("9~34dmin"), MinimumCount is 9.
• With myDMin = New DoubleMinute("~11dmin"), MinimumCount is 11.

Public Property Metaphases() As Integer

Property Value

• the number of metaphases the double minutes were found in.

Remarks

• The number of metaphases an abnormality was found in is an optional value according to the ISCN manual (chapter 11.1.6).
• It follows after the aberration proper in square brackets, e.g. "~10dmin[7]".

Methods

Public Function clone() As Object Implements ICloneable.Clone

Return Value

• A copy of the DoubleMinute object.

Implements

• ICloneable.Clone

Remarks

• The DoubleMinute object does not contain data of reference type, cloning is done by copying all its class wide variables.

Public Shadows Function toString() As String

Return Value

• a textual description of the double minutes.

Interaction with other classes

Classes using DoubleMinute