org.biomoby.shared
Class MobyServiceType

java.lang.Object
  org.biomoby.shared.MobyServiceType

All Implemented Interfaces:

Comparable<MobyServiceType>, LSIDAccessible

public class MobyServiceType
extends Object
implements Comparable<MobyServiceType>, LSIDAccessible

A container representing a service type used in the Moby registry.

This container is used mainly to register a new service type in a Moby registry, and to find services of a particular type.

Version:

$Id: MobyServiceType.java,v 1.13 2007/12/07 20:26:44 gordonp Exp $

Author:

Martin Senger

Field Summary

static String

UNCATEGORIZED_LABEL

Constructor Summary

MobyServiceType()
Default constructor.

MobyServiceType(String typeName)
Normal constructor.

MobyServiceType(String typeName, Registry reg)

Method Summary

void	addParentName(String value)
int	compareTo(MobyServiceType obj)
boolean	equals(Object obj)
String	format(int indent)
String	getAuthority()
static Comparator	getAuthorityComparator() Create a comparator for case-insensitive sorting of service types by their authorities.
String	getDescription()
String	getEmailContact()
String	getId()
MobyServiceType[]	getLineage()
String	getLSID()
String	getName()
MobyServiceType	getParent()
String	getParentName()
String[]	getParentNames()
Registry	getRegistry()
static MobyServiceType	getServiceType(String className)
static MobyServiceType	getServiceType(String className, Registry reg)
static void	loadServiceTypes(URL serviceDefURL, Registry reg) Particularly useful for loading namespace definitions from cached file, or refreshing an in-memory cache.
void	setAuthority(String value)
void	setDescription(String value)
void	setEmailContact(String value)
void	setId(String value)
void	setLSID(String value)
void	setName(String value)
void	setParentNames(String[] value)
void	setRegistry(Registry reg)
String	toString()

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

UNCATEGORIZED_LABEL

public static final String UNCATEGORIZED_LABEL

See Also:

Constant Field Values

Constructor Detail

MobyServiceType

public MobyServiceType()

Default constructor.

MobyServiceType

public MobyServiceType(String typeName)

Normal constructor. Other characteristics are empty - which is usually wrong - therefore use 'set' method to fill them.

MobyServiceType

public MobyServiceType(String typeName,
                       Registry reg)

Method Detail

compareTo

public int compareTo(MobyServiceType obj)

Specified by:

compareTo in interface Comparable<MobyServiceType>

equals

public boolean equals(Object obj)

Overrides:

equals in class Object

getRegistry

public Registry getRegistry()

setRegistry

public void setRegistry(Registry reg)

loadServiceTypes

public static void loadServiceTypes(URL serviceDefURL,
                                    Registry reg)
                             throws Exception

Particularly useful for loading namespace definitions from cached file, or refreshing an in-memory cache.

Throws:

Exception

getServiceType

public static MobyServiceType getServiceType(String className)

getServiceType

public static MobyServiceType getServiceType(String className,
                                             Registry reg)

getName

public String getName()

setName

public void setName(String value)

getId

public String getId()

setId

public void setId(String value)

getLSID

public String getLSID()

Specified by:

getLSID in interface LSIDAccessible

setLSID

public void setLSID(String value)

getDescription

public String getDescription()

setDescription

public void setDescription(String value)

getParentName

public String getParentName()

getParent

public MobyServiceType getParent()

getLineage

public MobyServiceType[] getLineage()

getParentNames

public String[] getParentNames()

setParentNames

public void setParentNames(String[] value)

addParentName

public void addParentName(String value)

getEmailContact

public String getEmailContact()

setEmailContact

public void setEmailContact(String value)

getAuthority

public String getAuthority()

setAuthority

public void setAuthority(String value)

toString

public String toString()

Overrides:

toString in class Object

format

public String format(int indent)

getAuthorityComparator

public static Comparator getAuthorityComparator()

Create a comparator for case-insensitive sorting of service types by their authorities.