org.biojava.bio.program.unigene
Interface UnigeneDB

All Superinterfaces:

Changeable

public interface UnigeneDB
extends Changeable

A database of Unigene clusters.

Author:

Matthew Pocock

Method Summary

UnigeneCluster	addCluster(UnigeneCluster cluster) Add a cluster to a database.
UnigeneCluster	getCluster(String clusterID) Fetch a cluster by its cluster id.

Methods inherited from interface org.biojava.utils.Changeable

addChangeListener, addChangeListener, isUnchanging, removeChangeListener, removeChangeListener

Method Detail

getCluster

UnigeneCluster getCluster(String clusterID)
                          throws BioException

Fetch a cluster by its cluster id.

Parameters:

clusterID - the cluster ID as a String

Returns:

the UnigeneCluster for that ID

Throws:

BioException - if there is no known cluster by that ID or if there was an error fetching it

addCluster

UnigeneCluster addCluster(UnigeneCluster cluster)
                          throws BioException,
                                 ChangeVetoException

Add a cluster to a database.

Parameters:

cluster - the UnigeneCluster to add

Returns:

a (possibly new) UnigeneCluster that is equivalent to cluster but is served from this UnigeneDB instance

Throws:

BioException

ChangeVetoException