Package org.bridgedb

Interface IDMapperCapabilities

All Known Implementing Classes:

AbstractIDMapperCapabilities

public interface IDMapperCapabilities

Describes capabilities of an IDMapper. Free form key-value properties are used for version info etc.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
Set<String>	getKeys()
String	getProperty(String key)	Return a value for a property, or null if this property is not defined.
Set<DataSource>	getSupportedSrcDataSources()
Set<DataSource>	getSupportedTgtDataSources()
boolean	isFreeSearchSupported()
boolean	isMappingSupported(DataSource src, DataSource tgt)

Method Detail

isFreeSearchSupported

boolean isFreeSearchSupported()

Returns:

true if free text search is supported, false otherwise.

getSupportedSrcDataSources

Set<DataSource> getSupportedSrcDataSources()
                                    throws IDMapperException

Returns:

supported source ID types

Throws:

IDMapperException - if supported DataSources could not be determined because of service unavailability.

getSupportedTgtDataSources

Set<DataSource> getSupportedTgtDataSources()
                                    throws IDMapperException

Returns:

supported target ID types

Throws:

IDMapperException - if supported DataSources could not be determined because of service unavailability.

isMappingSupported

boolean isMappingSupported(DataSource src,
                           DataSource tgt)
                    throws IDMapperException

Parameters:

src - source data source

tgt - target data source

Returns:

true if mapping is supported from src to des

Throws:

IDMapperException - if service is unavailable

getProperty

String getProperty(String key)

Return a value for a property, or null if this property is not defined. Implementations are free to choose a set of properties. Suggested properties:

• Version
• DateCreated
• SourceDatabase
• SourceDatabaseVersion
• Species

Parameters:

key - key

Returns:

property string

getKeys

Set<String> getKeys()

Returns:

the keys of all properties. Implementations may return an empty set but never null.