org.biomoby.registry.meta
Class Registry

java.lang.Object
  org.biomoby.registry.meta.Registry

public class Registry
extends Object

A container for meta data about a BioMoby registry.

It includes properties allowing to access a BioMoby registry - these properties must be always present: synonym, endpoint (URL) and namespce (URI), and some additional properties (not always present).

A usual way how to obtain these containers is through implementation of the Registries interface. Therefore, if you wish to provide a richer container (with more properties) you should have your own implementation of that interface.

Version:

$Id: Registry.java,v 1.4 2008/02/22 09:37:39 senger Exp $

Author:

Martin Senger

Constructor Summary

Registry(String synonym, String endpoint, String namespace)
A minimal constructor

Registry(String synonym, String endpoint, String namespace, String longName, String contact, boolean isPublic, String description)
A full constructor

Method Summary

static URL	findResourceURL(Registry reg, String resourceName) Learn the RDF location for resources of the registry.
String	getContact() Get a contact person who is in charge of this BioMoby registry.
String	getDescription() Get a human-readable description of this BioMoby registry.
String	getEndpoint() Get an endpoint (a stringified URL) of this BioMoby registry.
String	getLongName() Get a full name of this BioMoby registry.
String	getNamespace() Get a namespace (a URI) of this BioMoby registry.
String	getSynonym() Get a synonym (an abbreviation) of this BioMoby registry.
boolean	isPublic() Return true if this BioMoby registry is open without any access restrictions.
void	setContact(String value)
void	setDescription(String value)
void	setEndpoint(String value)
void	setLongName(String value)
void	setNamespace(String value)
void	setPublic(boolean value)
void	setSynonym(String value)
String	toString()

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

Registry

public Registry(String synonym,
                String endpoint,
                String namespace)

A minimal constructor

Registry

public Registry(String synonym,
                String endpoint,
                String namespace,
                String longName,
                String contact,
                boolean isPublic,
                String description)

A full constructor

Method Detail

toString

public String toString()

Overrides:

toString in class Object

getSynonym

public String getSynonym()

Get a synonym (an abbreviation) of this BioMoby registry. It (reasonably) uniquely identifis this registry (usually within a given implementation).

setSynonym

public void setSynonym(String value)

getEndpoint

public String getEndpoint()

Get an endpoint (a stringified URL) of this BioMoby registry.

setEndpoint

public void setEndpoint(String value)

getNamespace

public String getNamespace()

Get a namespace (a URI) of this BioMoby registry.

setNamespace

public void setNamespace(String value)

getLongName

public String getLongName()

Get a full name of this BioMoby registry. The name is often accompanied by its geographical location.

Returns:

full name or an empty string

setLongName

public void setLongName(String value)

getContact

public String getContact()

Get a contact person who is in charge of this BioMoby registry. It is often accompanied by an email address.

Returns:

contact or an empty string

setContact

public void setContact(String value)

getDescription

public String getDescription()

Get a human-readable description of this BioMoby registry. It often contain also the registry policy.

Returns:

description or an empty string

setDescription

public void setDescription(String value)

isPublic

public boolean isPublic()

Return true if this BioMoby registry is open without any access restrictions. Otherwise return false.

setPublic

public void setPublic(boolean value)

findResourceURL

public static URL findResourceURL(Registry reg,
                                  String resourceName)
                           throws MobyException

Learn the RDF location for resources of the registry.

Parameters:

resourceName - one of the org.biomoby.shared.Central RESOURCE constants

Returns:

the URL of the resource, or null if the resource does not exist

Throws:

MobyException