org.bridgedb

Class DataSourcePatterns

java.lang.Object

org.bridgedb.DataSourcePatterns

public final class DataSourcePatterns
extends Object

Contains regular expression patterns for identifiers Can be used to guess the BioDataSource of an identifier of unknown origin.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
static Set<DataSource>	getDataSourceMatches(String id) Look for all DataSource patterns that match a given input.
static Map<DataSource,Pattern>	getPatterns()
static void	registerPattern(DataSource key, Pattern value) Register a regex Pattern for recognizing a DataSource.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Method Detail

registerPattern

public static void registerPattern(DataSource key,
                                   Pattern value)

Register a regex Pattern for recognizing a DataSource.

Parameters:

key - the DataSource that may be recognized.

value - the Pattern to look for.

getDataSourceMatches

public static Set<DataSource> getDataSourceMatches(String id)

Look for all DataSource patterns that match a given input.

Parameters:

id - to compare with registered patterns

Returns:

set of patterns which matches the given id.

getPatterns

public static Map<DataSource,Pattern> getPatterns()

Returns:

all known data patterns, mapped to their BioDataSource. For example, this map will contain:

    BioDataSource.ENSEMBL_HUMAN -> Pattern.compile("ENSG\d+")
 

There is not guaranteed to be a Pattern for every BioDataSource constant.