org.biopax.paxtools.examples

Class UseOfReflection

java.lang.Object

org.biopax.paxtools.examples.UseOfReflection

public final class UseOfReflection
extends Object

Examples on how to use Paxtools BioPAX property editors and accessors API (based on java reflection).

Author:

rodche

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
UseOfReflection()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
static Set	getBiopaxPropertyValues(BioPAXElement bpe, String property) Example 2.
static Set<? extends BioPAXElement>	getObjectBiopaxPropertyValues(BioPAXElement bpe, String property) Example 1.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

UseOfReflection

public UseOfReflection()

Method Detail

getObjectBiopaxPropertyValues

public static Set<? extends BioPAXElement> getObjectBiopaxPropertyValues(BioPAXElement bpe,
                                                                         String property)

Example 1. How to get values from an object biopax property if the type of the biopax object is not known at runtime, and you do not want to always remember the domain and range of the property nor write many if-else statements to find out.

Parameters:

bpe - BioPAX object

property - BioPAX property

Returns:

the BioPAX object property values or empty set

getBiopaxPropertyValues

public static Set getBiopaxPropertyValues(BioPAXElement bpe,
                                          String property)

Example 2. How to get values from a biopax property if the type of the biopax object is not known at runtime, and you do not want to always remember the domain and range of the property nor write many if-else statements to find out.

Parameters:

bpe - BioPAX object

property - BioPAX property

Returns:

the BioPAX property values or null