org.biomoby.shared.extended
Class NamespaceParser

java.lang.Object
  org.biomoby.shared.extended.NamespaceParser

public class NamespaceParser
extends Object

Author:

Eddie created Oct 18, 2005 This class parses the RDF document that describes the namespace ontology.

An example of how to use this class is below:

       NamespaceParser p = new NamespaceParser("http://biomoby.org/RESOURCES/MOBY-S/Namespaces");
                MobyNamespace[] namespaces = p.getMobyNamespacesFromRDF();
                for (int i = 0; i < namespaces.length; i++) {
                        System.out.println(namespaces[i]);
                }
  

This would output the following: the name and description for each namespace in the document

Constructor Summary

NamespaceParser()
Default constructor - need to set the URL for the RDF document that describes the Namespace ontology using setURL(String url) or setURL(URL url)

NamespaceParser(String url)
Parameterized Constructor that takes in a string argument that is the url for the RDF document that describes the Namespace ontology.

NamespaceParser(URL url)
Parameterized Constructor that takes in a url for the RDF document that describes the Namespace ontology.

Method Summary

InputStream	getInputStream()
MobyNamespace[]	getMobyNamespacesFromRDF()
URL	getUrl()
static void	main(String[] args)
void	setInputStream(InputStream is) If not null, overrides the URL when reading the definitions (e.g. if you have the RDF as a String, not a URL use this).
void	setUrl(String url)
void	setUrl(URL url)

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

NamespaceParser

public NamespaceParser()

Default constructor - need to set the URL for the RDF document that describes the Namespace ontology using setURL(String url) or setURL(URL url)

NamespaceParser

public NamespaceParser(String url)
                throws MobyException

Parameterized Constructor that takes in a string argument that is the url for the RDF document that describes the Namespace ontology.

Parameters:

url - a string representation for the URL that resolves to the RDF document that describes the Namespace ontology

Throws:

MobyException - thrown if the url is malformed

NamespaceParser

public NamespaceParser(URL url)
                throws MobyException

Parameterized Constructor that takes in a url for the RDF document that describes the Namespace ontology.

Parameters:

url - the URL that resolves to the RDF document that describes the Namespace ontology

Throws:

MobyException - thrown if the url is malformed

Method Detail

setUrl

public void setUrl(URL url)
            throws MobyException

Parameters:

url - the URL that resolves to the RDF document that describes the Namespace ontology

Throws:

MobyException - thrown if the url is malformed

setUrl

public void setUrl(String url)
            throws MobyException

Parameters:

url - the string representation of the URL that resolves to the RDF document that describes the Namespace ontology

Throws:

MobyException - thrown if the url is malformed

getUrl

public URL getUrl()

Returns:

the url used to retrieve the RDF document that describes the Namespace ontology.

setInputStream

public void setInputStream(InputStream is)

If not null, overrides the URL when reading the definitions (e.g. if you have the RDF as a String, not a URL use this).

getInputStream

public InputStream getInputStream()

getMobyNamespacesFromRDF

public MobyNamespace[] getMobyNamespacesFromRDF()
                                         throws MobyException

Returns:

an array of MobyNamespace objects created by parsing the RDF document

Throws:

MobyException - thrown if the location of the RDF document describing the Namsepace ontology is invalid

main

public static void main(String[] args)
                 throws MobyException

Throws:

MobyException