org.bridgedb.pairs

Interface CodeMapper

All Known Implementing Classes:

SyscodeBasedCodeMapper

public interface CodeMapper

Author:

Christian

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
IdSysCodePair	toIdSysCodePair(Xref xref) Creates an IdSysCodePair based on a xref.
Xref	toXref(IdSysCodePair pair) Creates a xref based on an IdSysCodePair Changes the ref.id and dataSource.systemCode if required.

Method Detail

toIdSysCodePair

IdSysCodePair toIdSysCodePair(Xref xref)
                       throws BridgeDBException

Creates an IdSysCodePair based on a xref. Changes the ref.id and dataSource.systemCode if required.

Parameters:

xref -

Returns:

The pair used to represent this xref

Throws:

BridgeDBException - Normally thrown if the xref is invalid or incomplete.

toXref

Xref toXref(IdSysCodePair pair)
     throws BridgeDBException

Creates a xref based on an IdSysCodePair Changes the ref.id and dataSource.systemCode if required.

Parameters:

pair -

Returns:

The xref used to represent this pair

Throws:

BridgeDBException - Normally thrown if the pair is invalid, incomplete or can not be converted to a valid xref. If the syscode does not convert to a valid DataSource