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File DBRefEntryI.java

 

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1    /*
2    * Jalview - A Sequence Alignment Editor and Viewer ($$Version-Rel$$)
3    * Copyright (C) $$Year-Rel$$ The Jalview Authors
4    *
5    * This file is part of Jalview.
6    *
7    * Jalview is free software: you can redistribute it and/or
8    * modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License
9    * as published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3
10    * of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
11    *
12    * Jalview is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
13    * WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty
14    * of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR
15    * PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details.
16    *
17    * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
18    * along with Jalview. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
19    * The Jalview Authors are detailed in the 'AUTHORS' file.
20    */
21    package jalview.api;
22   
23    import jalview.datamodel.Mapping;
24   
25    //JBPComment: this is a datamodel API - so it should be in datamodel (it's a peer of SequenceI)
26   
 
27    public interface DBRefEntryI
28    {
29    public boolean equalRef(DBRefEntryI entry);
30   
31    /**
32    *
33    * @return Source DB name for this entry
34    */
35    public String getSource();
36   
37    /**
38    *
39    * @return Accession Id for this entry
40    */
41    public String getAccessionId();
42   
43    /**
44    *
45    * @param accessionId
46    * Accession Id for this entry
47    */
48    public void setAccessionId(String accessionId);
49   
50    /**
51    *
52    * @param source
53    * Source DB name for this entry
54    */
55    public void setSource(String source);
56   
57    /**
58    *
59    * @return Source DB version for this entry
60    */
61    public String getVersion();
62   
63    /**
64    *
65    * @param version
66    * Source DB version for this entry
67    */
68    public void setVersion(String version);
69   
70    /**
71    * access a mapping, if present that can be used to map positions from the
72    * associated dataset sequence to the DBRef's sequence frame.
73    *
74    * @return null or a valid mapping.
75    */
76    public Mapping getMap();
77   
78    /**
79    * Answers true if this object is either equivalent to, or can be 'improved'
80    * by, the given entry. Specifically, answers true if
81    * <ul>
82    * <li>source and accession are identical</li>
83    * <li>version is identical, or this version is of the format "someSource:0",
84    * in which case the version for the other entry replaces it</li>
85    * <li>mappings are not compared but if this entry has no mapping, replace
86    * with that for the other entry</li>
87    * </ul>
88    *
89    * @param otherEntry
90    * @return
91    */
92    public boolean updateFrom(DBRefEntryI otherEntry);
93   
94    /**
95    * Answers true if the ref looks like a primary (direct) database reference.
96    * <br>
97    * The only way a dbref's mappings can be fully verified is via the local
98    * sequence frame, so rather than use isPrimaryCandidate directly, please use
99    * SequenceI.getPrimaryDbRefs(). <br>
100    * Primary references indicate the local sequence data directly corresponds
101    * with the database record. All other references are secondary. Direct
102    * references indicate that part or all of the local sequence data can be
103    * mapped with another sequence, enabling annotation transfer.
104    * Cross-references indicate the local sequence data can be corresponded to
105    * some other linear coordinate system via a transformation. <br>
106    * This method is also sufficient to distinguish direct DBRefEntry mappings
107    * from other relationships - e.g. coding relationships (imply a 1:3/3:1
108    * mapping), but not transcript relationships, which imply a (possibly
109    * non-contiguous) 1:1 mapping.
110    *
111    * @return true if this reference provides a primary accession for the
112    * associated sequence object
113    */
114    public boolean isPrimaryCandidate();
115    }