edu.mssm.crover.webapps.dimlib.datamodel
Interface ExternalReferences

All Known Implementing Classes:

ExternalReferencesImpl

public interface ExternalReferences

Keeps references to external databases. If an ims instance describes an object i which is also described swissprot, a call such as i.setReference(Databases.SWISSPROT,"P08100") will record the link.

Author:

Fabien Campagne, luce

Method Summary

java.lang.String	getAccessionCode(java.lang.String database) Returns an accession code in the database.
java.lang.String	getAccessionCodes(java.lang.String database)
java.lang.String[]	getDatabases() Returns the list of databases to which this er links.
void	removeReference(java.lang.String database, java.lang.String accession_code) Removes a reference to an external database.
void	setReference(java.lang.String database, java.lang.String accession_code) Creates a reference to an entity in an external database.

Method Detail

getAccessionCode

public java.lang.String getAccessionCode(java.lang.String database)

Returns an accession code in the database.

getAccessionCodes

public java.lang.String getAccessionCodes(java.lang.String database)

getDatabases

public java.lang.String[] getDatabases()

Returns the list of databases to which this er links.

setReference

public void setReference(java.lang.String database,
                         java.lang.String accession_code)

Creates a reference to an entity in an external database.

Parameters:

database - The name of the external database (e.g. sw).

removeReference

public void removeReference(java.lang.String database,
                            java.lang.String accession_code)

Removes a reference to an external database. This method should only be used in exceptional cases.