Class: Descriptor::Qualitative

Inherits:
Descriptor
  • Object
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Defined in:
app/models/descriptor/qualitative.rb

Overview

A descriptor that has qualitative states. For example a phylogenetic character. Also used for descriptive matrices. Note that presence/absence descriptors have their own subclass and should be represented there to maximize utility.

Instance Method Summary collapse

Instance Method Details

#has_gap_state? ⇒ Boolean

Returns:

  • (Boolean) 


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# File 'app/models/descriptor/qualitative.rb', line 10

def has_gap_state?
  character_states.each do |c|
    return true if c.is_gap?
  end

  false
end

#reject_character_states(attributes) ⇒ Object (protected) 



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# File 'app/models/descriptor/qualitative.rb', line 20

def reject_character_states(attributes)
  attributes[:name].blank? || attributes[:label].blank?
end