ca.ucalgary.seahawk.util
Class MobyUtils

java.lang.Object
  ca.ucalgary.seahawk.util.MobyUtils

public class MobyUtils
extends Object

Contains utility methods for Moby Object creation from unstructured data, and for creating the Seahawk GUI.

Field Summary

static int

MAX_OBJ_NAME_LEN

Constructor Summary

MobyUtils()

Method Summary

static void	clearGUIs()
static MobyDataInstance[]	convertStringToObjects(String data)
static MobyContentInstance	convertURLtoMobyBinaryData(MobyClient client, URL url) The purpose of this method is to create a MOBY document to encapsulate a binary data object stored at the given URL.
static MobyDataComposite	createMobySequence(String sequenceData, String id)
static Transferable	createTransferable(MobyContentInstance contents)
static void	destroyMobyGUI()
static MobyContentGUI	getMobyContentGUI(JLabel status)
static MobyServicesGUI	getMobyServicesGUI(JLabel status) The first time this method is called within a JVM instance, the GUI is created.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

MAX_OBJ_NAME_LEN

public static final int MAX_OBJ_NAME_LEN

See Also:

Constant Field Values

Constructor Detail

MobyUtils

public MobyUtils()

Method Detail

createTransferable

public static Transferable createTransferable(MobyContentInstance contents)

convertURLtoMobyBinaryData

public static MobyContentInstance convertURLtoMobyBinaryData(MobyClient client,
                                                             URL url)
                                                      throws Exception

The purpose of this method is to create a MOBY document to encapsulate a binary data object stored at the given URL. If the data does not represent a single binary MOBY object, the method returns null. If the provided client or URL is null, null will be returned too.

Throws:

Exception

convertStringToObjects

public static MobyDataInstance[] convertStringToObjects(String data)

clearGUIs

public static void clearGUIs()

getMobyServicesGUI

public static MobyServicesGUI getMobyServicesGUI(JLabel status)

The first time this method is called within a JVM instance, the GUI is created. In subsequent calls, the same object is returned.

getMobyContentGUI

public static MobyContentGUI getMobyContentGUI(JLabel status)

destroyMobyGUI

public static void destroyMobyGUI()

createMobySequence

public static MobyDataComposite createMobySequence(String sequenceData,
                                                   String id)