org.biojavax

Interface CrossRef

All Superinterfaces:

Annotatable, Changeable, java.lang.Comparable, RichAnnotatable

All Known Implementing Classes:

SimpleCrossRef

public interface CrossRef
extends RichAnnotatable, java.lang.Comparable, Changeable

Represents a cross reference to another database. Relates to the dbxref table in BioSQL. The interface is immutable, the fields are intended to be set by the constructor.

Since:

1.5

Author:

Mark Schreiber, Richard Holland

See Also:

RankedCrossRef

Nested Class Summary

Nested classes/interfaces inherited from interface org.biojava.bio.Annotatable

Annotatable.AnnotationForwarder

Field Summary

Fields inherited from interface org.biojava.bio.Annotatable

ANNOTATION

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
java.lang.String	getAccession() Returns the accession of the object that the crossref refers to.
java.lang.String	getDbname() Returns the name of the database the cross reference refers to.
int	getVersion() Returns the version of the object that the crossref refers to.

Methods inherited from interface org.biojavax.RichAnnotatable

getNoteSet, getRichAnnotation, setNoteSet

Methods inherited from interface org.biojava.bio.Annotatable

getAnnotation

Methods inherited from interface org.biojava.utils.Changeable

addChangeListener, addChangeListener, isUnchanging, removeChangeListener, removeChangeListener

Methods inherited from interface java.lang.Comparable

compareTo

Method Detail

getDbname

java.lang.String getDbname()

Returns the name of the database the cross reference refers to. This would normally be a namespace name, eg. 'gb' for GenBank.

Returns:

Value of property dbname.

getAccession

java.lang.String getAccession()

Returns the accession of the object that the crossref refers to.

Returns:

Value of property accession.

getVersion

int getVersion()

Returns the version of the object that the crossref refers to.

Returns:

Value of property version.