001package org.biopax.paxtools.model.level2;
002
003/**
004 * Confidence that the containing instance actually occurs or exists in vivo,
005 * usually a statistical measure. The xref must contain at least on publication
006 * that describes the method used to determine the confidence. There is
007 * currently no standard way of describing confidence values, so any string is
008 * valid for the confidence value. In the future, a controlled vocabulary of
009 * accepted confidence values could become available, in which case it will
010 * likely be adopted for use here to describe the value.
011 *
012 * <b>Examples:</b> The statistical significance of a result, e.g. "p&lt;0.05".
013 */
014public interface confidence extends utilityClass, XReferrable
015{
016
017    /**
018     * The value of the confidence measure.
019     * @return A string representation of the confidence value
020     */
021    String getCONFIDENCE_VALUE();
022
023    /**
024     * The value of the confidence measure.
025     * @param CONFIDENCE_VALUE to be set.
026     */
027    void setCONFIDENCE_VALUE(String CONFIDENCE_VALUE);
028}