org.protempa

Interface TermSource

All Superinterfaces:

AutoCloseable, BackendListener<TermSourceBackendUpdatedEvent>, EventListener, Source<TermSourceUpdatedEvent,TermSourceBackend,TermSourceBackendUpdatedEvent>

All Known Implementing Classes:

TermSourceImpl

public interface TermSource
extends Source<TermSourceUpdatedEvent,TermSourceBackend,TermSourceBackendUpdatedEvent>

Author:

Andrew Post

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
List<String>	getTermSubsumption(String termId) Gets the term subsumption for the given term ID.
Term	readTerm(String id)

Methods inherited from interface org.protempa.Source

addSourceListener, clear, close, getBackends, removeSourceListener

Methods inherited from interface org.protempa.BackendListener

backendUpdated, unrecoverableErrorOccurred

Method Detail

getTermSubsumption

List<String> getTermSubsumption(String termId)
                         throws TermSourceReadException

Gets the term subsumption for the given term ID. The subsumption is the term itself and all of its descendants.

Parameters:

termId - the term ID to subsume

Returns:

a List of term IDs composing the given term's subsumption

Throws:

TermSourceReadException

readTerm

Term readTerm(String id)
       throws TermSourceReadException

Throws:

TermSourceReadException