Package org.biomoby.shared.datatypes

The package org.biomoby.shared.datatypes contains containers for basic Biomoby data types (a basic parent class MobyObject and all Biomoby primitive types).

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Description

Interface Summary

MapDataTypesIfc

Class Summary

MapPrimitiveDataTypes	Class containing static mapping between Biomoby primitive data types and names of classes they are represented by.
MobyBoolean	An object representing a Boolean, a Moby primitive data type.
MobyDateTime	An object representing a date, or a date and time, a Moby primitive data type.
MobyFloat	An object representing a Float, a Moby primitive data type.
MobyInteger	An object representing an Integer, a Moby primitive data type.
MobyObject	An object representing a Biomoby Object, the main Biomoby data type, where all other data types are inherited from.
MobyString	An object representing a String, a Moby primitive data type.
MobyXref	An object representing a cross reference.

Package org.biomoby.shared.datatypes Description

The package org.biomoby.shared.datatypes contains containers for basic Biomoby data types (a basic parent class MobyObject and all Biomoby primitive types).

However, you can find here (usually) much more classes: actually classes for all Biomoby data types as they appear in a Biomoby registry. These classes were (or could be, if you do not see them) generated automatically.

The instances of the classes located here are used for carrying real data from a Biomoby clients to the Biomoby services, and vice-versa. This makes them different from (some of) the classes located in the org.biomoby.shared package where are classes used to communicate with a Biomoby registry.

Note that similar containers (aimed also to carry real data from clients to Biomoby services, back and forth) are located in the org.biomoby.shared.data package. We simple have more ways to do the same things.

The main use of the objects located here is together with the automatically generated other Biomoby objects (they are generated from the information stored in the Biomoby registry - in its data type ontology section). Usually, these objects are created by a MobyParser instance, and they all together constitute the main object representing a full Biomoby input or output - an instance of a MobyPackage class. The way how to generate additional data types and how to use them in order to get a comprehensive support for Biomoby service providers see documentation for the MoSeS - Moby Services Support (if this link does not work, try this one).

An exception is the class MapPrimitiveDataTypes and its (generated) subclass MapDataTypes. These classes contain mapping between the Biomoby data type names and the names of the Java classes they are represented in.