org.biomoby.shared
Interface MobyObjectDecomposition

All Known Implementing Classes:

MobyObjectDecompositionImpl

public interface MobyObjectDecomposition

Author:

Eddie Kawas

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Method Summary

MobyDataObject[]	getFlattenedPrims(String object) PRE:None.
Map	getObjectComposition(String object, String mobyEndpoint) PRE:None.
boolean	isPrimitive(String object) PRE:None.

Method Detail

getFlattenedPrims

MobyDataObject[] getFlattenedPrims(String object)

PRE:None.

POST:If object is a valid MOBY object, then all of the primitives in the objects HAS and HASA containers are returned as an array of strings.

Parameters:

object - - the object to flatten into its primitives.

Returns:

- the full decomposition of an object into its primitives.

getObjectComposition

Map getObjectComposition(String object,
                         String mobyEndpoint)
                         throws MobyException

PRE:None.

POST:A Map of relationships with the keys being "isa", "has", and "hasa". The values are string arrays or null if no relationship exists.

Parameters:

object - - the object to decompose into its HAS & HASA container objects.

Returns:

- A Map of relationships with the keys being "isa", "has", and "hasa". The values are string arrays consisting of [object,articleName], for has and hasa relationships, or null if no relationship exists.

Throws:

MobyException - - if no such object exists in the MOBY ontology.

isPrimitive

boolean isPrimitive(String object)

PRE:None.

POST:if object is a primitive, boolean true is returned, otherwise false is returned.

Parameters:

object - - the MOBY object to check.

Returns:

true if object is a primitive, false otherwise.