uno.informatics.data

Interface Entity

All Superinterfaces:

SimpleEntity

All Known Subinterfaces:

Dataset, Feature, Germplasm, Method, Ontology, OntologyTerm, Scale, Study

public interface Entity
extends SimpleEntity

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
String	getAbbreviation() Gets a short abbreviation that can be used in place of the name.
String	getDescription() Get a description for this entity
OntologyTerm	getType() Gets the type of this entity as defined in a specific ontology.

Methods inherited from interface uno.informatics.data.SimpleEntity

getName, getUniqueIdentifier

Method Detail

getDescription

String getDescription()

Get a description for this entity

Returns:

a description for this entity

getAbbreviation

String getAbbreviation()

Gets a short abbreviation that can be used in place of the name.

Returns:

a short abbreviation that can be used in place of the name, or null if no abbreviation is available

getType

OntologyTerm getType()

Gets the type of this entity as defined in a specific ontology.

Returns:

the type of this entity, null if the type has no defined, or null if the type is not defined is available