TaxonRepresenting

public protocol TaxonRepresenting : CustomStringConvertible, Hashable

Any type that encapsulates the minimum data required to identify a record from the NCBI’s Taxonomy database (this is the record ID), plus some basic properties (name and rank) that describe the record.

identifier
The internal NCBI identifier for the record.
Declaration
Swift

var identifier: TaxonID { get }
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name
The scientific name of the record.
Declaration
Swift

var name: String { get }
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rank
The rank of the record or nil if the record has no rank.
Declaration
Swift

var rank: TaxonomicRank? { get }
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                    ==(_:_:)

Extension method

Returns a Boolean value indicating whether two values are equal. Two TaxonRepresenting values are equal when they have the same identifier.

Declaration

Swift

public static func == (lhs: Self, rhs: Self) -> Bool

Parameters

`lhs`	A value to compare.
`rhs`	Another value to compare.

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hash(into:) Extension method
The hash value depends on the identifier.
Declaration
Swift

public func hash(into hasher: inout Hasher)
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description Extension method
A textual representation of this instance.
Declaration
Swift

public var description: String { get }
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