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## Package de.jstacs.parameters

This package provides classes for parameters that establish a general convention for the description of parameters as defined in the `Parameter`-interface.

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Description

Interface Summary
Rangeable | Interface for `Parameter`s that potentially can be varied over a certain interval or a list of values.
RangeIterator | Interface for a `Parameter` or `ParameterSet` that can have multiple values at the same time.

Class Summary
ArrayParameterSet | Class for a `ParameterSet` that consists of a length-`Parameter` that defines the length of the array and an array of `ParameterSetContainer`s of this length.
CollectionParameter | Class for a collection parameter, i.e. a parameter that provides some collection of possible values the user can choose from.
EnumParameter | This class implements a `CollectionParameter` based on an Enum.
ExpandableParameterSet | A class for a `ParameterSet` that can be expanded by additional `Parameter`s at runtime.
FileParameter | Class for a parameter that represents a local file.
FileParameter.FileRepresentation | Class that represents a file
InstanceParameterSet | Container class for a set of `Parameter`s that can be used to instantiate another class.
MultiSelectionCollectionParameter | Class for a `Parameter` that provides a collection of possible values.
Parameter | Abstract class for a parameter that shall be used as the parameter of some method, constructor, etc.
ParameterSet | (Container) class for a set of `Parameter`s.
ParameterSetContainer | Class for a `Parameter` that contains a `ParameterSet` as value.
RangeParameter | Class for a parameter wrapper that allows `SimpleParameter`s to be set to a set of values.
SequenceScoringParameterSet | Abstract class for a `ParameterSet` containing all parameters necessary to construct an `Object` that implements `InstantiableFromParameterSet`.
SimpleParameter | Class for a "simple" parameter.
SimpleParameterSet | Class for a `ParameterSet` that is constructed from an array of `Parameters` and thus does nothing in the `loadParameters()`-method.

Enum Summary
RangeParameter.RangeType | The possible types of defining ranges for a `RangeParameter`
RangeParameter.Scale | The possible scales, if `RangeParameter.RangeType` is `RangeParameter.RangeType.RANGE`.

Exception Summary
ParameterException | Class for an exception that is thrown if some error occurs while setting a parameter's value or constructing a parameter.
SimpleParameter.DatatypeNotValidException | Class for an `Exception` that can be thrown if the provided `int`-value that represents a datatype is not one of the values defined in the `Parameter`-interface.
SimpleParameter.IllegalValueException | This exception is thrown if a parameter is not valid.

## Package de.jstacs.parameters Description

This package provides classes for parameters that establish a general convention for the description of parameters as defined in the `Parameter`-interface. This convention includes that each parameter has

- a name that should be meaningful for a potential user,
- a comment that adds supplementary information additional to the name
- a data type that can be used to render the parameter in some interface and to validate possible inputs
- optionally a `ParameterValidator` that allows for a stricter validation, e.g. a specified range of allowed parameter values

The package also provides some predefined parameter types for primitive data types and `String`s in `SimpleParameter`, collections of possible parameter values in `CollectionParameter`, input files in `FileParameter`, and for parameters that can have a number of different parameter values in `RangeParameter`.
All of these `Parameter`-types can be combined to `ParameterSet`s that contain a set of `Parameter`s. As `SimpleParameter`s can also have `ParameterSet`s as values (the corresponding data type is `DataType.PARAMETERSET`) and these can also be used inside `CollectionParameter`s, a tree of parameters can be built that allows to select between different options in a collection and set the parameters that belong to the selected option, or to bundle sets of parameters into subsets to allow for a clearer organization of parameters.

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