org.openscience.cdk.qsar.descriptors.atomic
Class PartialPiChargeDescriptor

java.lang.Object
  extended by org.openscience.cdk.qsar.AbstractAtomicDescriptor
      extended by org.openscience.cdk.qsar.descriptors.atomic.PartialPiChargeDescriptor
All Implemented Interfaces:
IAtomicDescriptor, IDescriptor

@TestClass(value="org.openscience.cdk.qsar.descriptors.atomic.PartialPiChargeDescriptorTest")
public class PartialPiChargeDescriptor
extends AbstractAtomicDescriptor

The calculation of pi partial charges in pi-bonded systems of an heavy atom was made by Saller-Gasteiger. It is based on the qualitative concept of resonance and implemented with the Partial Equalization of Pi-Electronegativity (PEPE).

This descriptor uses these parameters:

Name Default Description
maxIterations 0 Number of maximum iterations

Author:
Miguel Rojas
See Also:
GasteigerPEPEPartialCharges
Belongs to the set:
qsar-descriptors
Created on:
2006-04-15
Belongs to CDK module:
qsaratomic
Dictionary pointer(s):
partialPiCharge in the QSAR.sf.net Descriptors Dictionary [qsar-descriptors:partialPiCharge]
Source code:
cdk-1.4.x

Constructor Summary
PartialPiChargeDescriptor()
          Constructor for the PartialPiChargeDescriptor object
 
Method Summary
 DescriptorValue calculate(IAtom atom, IAtomContainer ac)
          The method returns apha partial charges assigned to an heavy atom through Gasteiger Marsili It is needed to call the addExplicitHydrogensToSatisfyValency method from the class tools.HydrogenAdder.
 String[] getDescriptorNames()
          Returns an array of names for each descriptor value calculated.
 String[] getParameterNames()
          Gets the parameterNames attribute of the PartialPiChargeDescriptor object
 Object[] getParameters()
          Gets the parameters attribute of the PartialPiChargeDescriptor object
 Object getParameterType(String name)
          Gets the parameterType attribute of the PartialPiChargeDescriptor object
 DescriptorSpecification getSpecification()
          Gets the specification attribute of the PartialPiChargeDescriptor object
 void setParameters(Object[] params)
          Sets the parameters attribute of the PartialPiChargeDescriptor object
 
Methods inherited from class org.openscience.cdk.qsar.AbstractAtomicDescriptor
cacheDescriptorValue, getCachedDescriptorValue, isCachedAtomContainer
 
Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
equals, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait
 

Constructor Detail

PartialPiChargeDescriptor

public PartialPiChargeDescriptor()
Constructor for the PartialPiChargeDescriptor object

Method Detail

getSpecification

@TestMethod(value="testGetSpecification")
public DescriptorSpecification getSpecification()
Gets the specification attribute of the PartialPiChargeDescriptor object

Returns:
The specification value

setParameters

@TestMethod(value="testSetParameters_arrayObject")
public void setParameters(Object[] params)
                   throws CDKException
Sets the parameters attribute of the PartialPiChargeDescriptor object

Parameters:
params - 1:Number of maximum iterations, 2: checking lone pair electrons, 3: number of maximum resonance structures to be searched.
Throws:
CDKException - Description of the Exception
See Also:
IDescriptor.getParameters()

getParameters

@TestMethod(value="testGetParameters")
public Object[] getParameters()
Gets the parameters attribute of the PartialPiChargeDescriptor object

Returns:
The parameters value
See Also:
IDescriptor.setParameters(java.lang.Object[])

getDescriptorNames

@TestMethod(value="testNamesConsistency")
public String[] getDescriptorNames()
Description copied from interface: IDescriptor
Returns an array of names for each descriptor value calculated.

Many descriptors return multiple values. In general it is useful for the descriptor to indicate the names for each value.

In many cases, these names can be as simple as X1, X2, ..., XN where X is a prefix and 1, 2, ..., N are the indices. On the other hand it is also possible to return other arbitrary names, which should be documented in the Javadocs for the decsriptor (e.g., the CPSA descriptor).

Note that by default if a descriptor returns a single value (such as ALOGPDescriptor the return array will have a single element

Returns:
An array of descriptor names, equal in length to the number of descriptor calculated..

calculate

@TestMethod(value="testCalculate_IAtomContainer")
public DescriptorValue calculate(IAtom atom,
                                                 IAtomContainer ac)
The method returns apha partial charges assigned to an heavy atom through Gasteiger Marsili It is needed to call the addExplicitHydrogensToSatisfyValency method from the class tools.HydrogenAdder. For this method will be only possible if the heavy atom has single bond.

Parameters:
atom - The IAtom for which the DescriptorValue is requested
ac - AtomContainer
Returns:
Value of the alpha partial charge

getParameterNames

@TestMethod(value="testGetParameterNames")
public String[] getParameterNames()
Gets the parameterNames attribute of the PartialPiChargeDescriptor object

Returns:
The parameterNames value

getParameterType

@TestMethod(value="testGetParameterType_String")
public Object getParameterType(String name)
Gets the parameterType attribute of the PartialPiChargeDescriptor object

Parameters:
name - Description of the Parameter
Returns:
The parameterType value