org.ginsim.core.annotation

Class DatabaseInfo

java.lang.Object

org.ginsim.core.annotation.DatabaseInfo

All Implemented Interfaces:

OpenHelper

public class DatabaseInfo
extends Object
implements OpenHelper

MIRIAM-based OpenHelper: open MIRIAM URNs MIRIAM provides a list of biological databases and the identifiers.org webservice to open generic links (Database, identifier pairs) in these databases (supporting mirrors)

Author:

Aurelien Naldi

Field Summary

Fields

Modifier and Type	Field and Description
String	description
String	name

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
DatabaseInfo(String name, String description)

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
void	add(String proto, String value) Create a new link.
String	getLink(String proto, String value) Create a standard link for this protocol-based link.
void	open()
boolean	open(String proto, String value) Open a link.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Field Detail

name

public final String name

description

public final String description

Constructor Detail

DatabaseInfo

public DatabaseInfo(String name,
                    String description)

Method Detail

open

public void open()

open

public boolean open(String proto,
                    String value)

Description copied from interface: OpenHelper

Open a link.

Specified by:

open in interface OpenHelper

Returns:

true if the link could be opened, false otherwise.

add

public void add(String proto,
                String value)

Description copied from interface: OpenHelper

Create a new link. Most handlers do not need to do anything here, some may want to populate a database (bibliography for example)

Specified by:

add in interface OpenHelper

getLink

public String getLink(String proto,
                      String value)

Description copied from interface: OpenHelper

Create a standard link for this protocol-based link.

Specified by:

getLink in interface OpenHelper

Returns:

a link that can be managed with the system "open" command.