org.biojavax
Class SimpleNamespace

java.lang.Object
  org.biojava.utils.AbstractChangeable
      org.biojavax.SimpleNamespace

All Implemented Interfaces:

Comparable, Changeable, Namespace

public class SimpleNamespace
extends AbstractChangeable
implements Namespace

A basic Namespace implemenation.

Since:

1.5

Author:

Richard Holland, Mark Schreiber

Field Summary

Fields inherited from interface org.biojavax.Namespace

ACRONYM, AUTHORITY, DESCRIPTION, NAME

Constructor Summary

protected	SimpleNamespace()
	SimpleNamespace(String name) Creates a new instance of SimpleNamespace with the given name, which cannot be null.

Method Summary

int	compareTo(Object o) Namespaces are compared only by name.
boolean	equals(Object obj) Namespaces are equal only by name.
String	getAcronym() If the namespace has an acronym, this will return it.
String	getAuthority() This method will return the authority that governs the namespace.
String	getDescription() Returns a description of this namespace.
String	getName() The name of the namespace is immutable and must be set by the constructor of the instantiating class.
URI	getURI() If the namespace has a URI, this will return it.
int	hashCode()
void	setAcronym(String acronym) Sets an optional acronym for the namespace.
void	setAuthority(String authority) This method sets the authority that governs the namespace.
void	setDescription(String description) This method sets a description for the namespace.
void	setURI(URI URI) Sets an optional URI for the namespace.
String	toString() Form: "name"

Methods inherited from class org.biojava.utils.AbstractChangeable

addChangeListener, addChangeListener, generateChangeSupport, getChangeSupport, hasListeners, hasListeners, isUnchanging, removeChangeListener, removeChangeListener

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, finalize, getClass, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Methods inherited from interface org.biojava.utils.Changeable

addChangeListener, addChangeListener, isUnchanging, removeChangeListener, removeChangeListener

Constructor Detail

SimpleNamespace

public SimpleNamespace(String name)

Creates a new instance of SimpleNamespace with the given name, which cannot be null.

Parameters:

name - the name of the namespace.

SimpleNamespace

protected SimpleNamespace()

Method Detail

setAcronym

public void setAcronym(String acronym)
                throws ChangeVetoException

Sets an optional acronym for the namespace. Null will unset it. Note that in BioSQL 1.0 Acronym is only part of the Oracle schema therefore it will only be persisted in that schema.

Specified by:

setAcronym in interface Namespace

Parameters:

acronym - the acronym for the namespace.

Throws:

ChangeVetoException - in case of objections.

setAuthority

public void setAuthority(String authority)
                  throws ChangeVetoException

This method sets the authority that governs the namespace. Null will unset it.

Specified by:

setAuthority in interface Namespace

Parameters:

authority - the name of the namespace authority.

Throws:

ChangeVetoException - in case of objections.

setDescription

public void setDescription(String description)
                    throws ChangeVetoException

This method sets a description for the namespace. Null will unset it.

Specified by:

setDescription in interface Namespace

Parameters:

description - the description of the namespace.

Throws:

ChangeVetoException - in case of objections.

setURI

public void setURI(URI URI)
            throws ChangeVetoException

Sets an optional URI for the namespace. Null will unset it. Note that in BioSQL 1.0 URI is not persisted into the database unless the extended Oracle schema is used.

Specified by:

setURI in interface Namespace

Parameters:

URI - the URI of the authority.

Throws:

ChangeVetoException - in case of objections.

getAcronym

public String getAcronym()

If the namespace has an acronym, this will return it.

Specified by:

getAcronym in interface Namespace

Returns:

the acronym for the namespace.

getAuthority

public String getAuthority()

This method will return the authority that governs the namespace.

Specified by:

getAuthority in interface Namespace

Returns:

the name of the namespace authority.

getDescription

public String getDescription()

Returns a description of this namespace.

Specified by:

getDescription in interface Namespace

Returns:

the description of the namespace.

getName

public String getName()

The name of the namespace is immutable and must be set by the constructor of the instantiating class. The name should also be unique. This method will return the name.

Specified by:

getName in interface Namespace

Returns:

The name of the namespace.

getURI

public URI getURI()

If the namespace has a URI, this will return it.

Specified by:

getURI in interface Namespace

Returns:

the URI of the authority.

compareTo

public int compareTo(Object o)

Namespaces are compared only by name.

Specified by:

compareTo in interface Comparable

equals

public boolean equals(Object obj)

Namespaces are equal only by name.

Overrides:

equals in class Object

hashCode

public int hashCode()

Overrides:

hashCode in class Object

toString

public String toString()

Form: "name"

Overrides:

toString in class Object