edu.mssm.crover.mutations.drivers
Interface MutationDriverFactory

All Known Implementing Classes:

MutationDriverFactoryImpl

public interface MutationDriverFactory

Factory that creates mutation drivers.

Method Summary

MutationDriver	getDriver(DriverInformation selected_driver) Returns the driver that matches a driver information.
MutationDriver	getDriverByName(java.lang.String shortname) Returns the driver that matches this shortname.
MutationDriver	getDriverByOrigin(java.lang.String origin) Returns a driver that dispatch queries to all the mutation servers that support this origin.
DriverInformation[]	getInstalledDrivers() Returns a list of all the installed mutation server drivers.

Method Detail

getInstalledDrivers

public DriverInformation[] getInstalledDrivers()

Returns a list of all the installed mutation server drivers.

getDriver

public MutationDriver getDriver(DriverInformation selected_driver)

Returns the driver that matches a driver information. Use this method when the user has been given an opportunity to select the driver from a set of DriverInformation.

getDriverByOrigin

public MutationDriver getDriverByOrigin(java.lang.String origin)

Returns a driver that dispatch queries to all the mutation servers that support this origin. Use this method when the origin of a sequence has been determined automatically and the user cannot or does not want to make a choice of a specialized mutation server.

getDriverByName

public MutationDriver getDriverByName(java.lang.String shortname)

Returns the driver that matches this shortname.