Package org.biojava.ontology

Class OntologyTerm.Impl

java.lang.Object
org.biojava.utils.AbstractChangeable
org.biojava.ontology.OntologyTerm.Impl
All Implemented Interfaces:
Serializable, Annotatable, OntologyTerm, Term, Changeable
Enclosing interface:
OntologyTerm
public static final class OntologyTerm.Impl extends AbstractChangeable implements OntologyTerm, Serializable
Simple in-memory implementation of a remote ontology term. This can be used to implement Ontology.importTerm
See Also:

  • Constructor Details

  • Method Details

    • addSynonym

      public void addSynonym(Object synonym)
      Description copied from interface: Term
      Add a synonym for this term.
      Specified by:
      addSynonym in interface Term
      Parameters:
      synonym - the synonym

    • removeSynonym

      public void removeSynonym(Object synonym)
      Description copied from interface: Term
      Remove a synonym for this term.
      Specified by:
      removeSynonym in interface Term

    • getSynonyms

      public Object[] getSynonyms()
      Description copied from interface: Term
      Return the synonyms for this term.
      Specified by:
      getSynonyms in interface Term
      Returns:
      the synonyms

    • getName

      public String getName()
      Description copied from interface: Term
      Return the name of this term.
      Specified by:
      getName in interface Term
      Returns:
      the name of the term

    • getDescription

      public String getDescription()
      Description copied from interface: Term
      Return a human-readable description of this term, or the empty string if none is available.
      Specified by:
      getDescription in interface Term
      Returns:
      the description of the term

    • setDescription

      public void setDescription(String description)
      Description copied from interface: Term
      set the description of the term;
      Specified by:
      setDescription in interface Term

    • getOntology

      public Ontology getOntology()
      Description copied from interface: OntologyTerm
      Get the remote ontology referenced by this term
      Specified by:
      getOntology in interface OntologyTerm
      Specified by:
      getOntology in interface Term
      Returns:
      the ontology

    • getTargetOntology

      public Ontology getTargetOntology()

    • toString

      public String toString()
      Overrides:
      toString in class Object

    • getAnnotation

      public Annotation getAnnotation()
      Description copied from interface: Annotatable
      Should return the associated annotation object.
      Specified by:
      getAnnotation in interface Annotatable
      Returns:
      an Annotation object, never null

    • getChangeSupport

      public ChangeSupport getChangeSupport(ChangeType ct)
      Description copied from class: AbstractChangeable
      Called to retrieve the ChangeSupport for this object.

      Your implementation of this method should have the following structure: 

       ChangeSupport cs = super.getChangeSupport(ct);

 if(someForwarder == null && ct.isMatching(SomeInterface.SomeChangeType)) {
   someForwarder = new ChangeForwarder(...

   this.stateVariable.addChangeListener(someForwarder, VariableInterface.AChange);
 }

 return cs;
      It is usual for the forwarding listeners (someForwarder in this example) to be transient and lazily instantiated. Be sure to register & unregister the forwarder in the code that does the ChangeEvent handling in setter methods.
      Overrides:
      getChangeSupport in class AbstractChangeable