org.biojava.bio.seq
Interface FeatureTypes.Repository

All Superinterfaces:

Annotatable, Changeable

All Known Implementing Classes:

FeatureTypes.RepositoryImpl

Enclosing interface:

FeatureTypes

public static interface FeatureTypes.Repository

extends Annotatable

A named collection of Types.

Since:

1.3

Author:

Matthew Pocock

Nested Class Summary

Nested classes inherited from class org.biojava.bio.Annotatable

Annotatable.AnnotationForwarder

Field Summary

Fields inherited from interface org.biojava.bio.Annotatable

ANNOTATION

Method Summary

String	getName() The name of this repository.
FeatureTypes.Type	getType(String name) Find the type for a name.
Set	getTypes() Get a set of all type names defined in this repository.

Methods inherited from interface org.biojava.bio.Annotatable

getAnnotation

Methods inherited from interface org.biojava.utils.Changeable

addChangeListener, addChangeListener, isUnchanging, removeChangeListener, removeChangeListener

Method Detail

getName

public String getName()

The name of this repository.

This will be the ${repository} component of any URIs of types defined here.

Returns:

the name of the repository

getTypes

public Set getTypes()

Get a set of all type names defined in this repository.

Returns:

a Set of Type names as Strings

getType

public FeatureTypes.Type getType(String name)
                          throws NoSuchElementException

Find the type for a name.

Parameters:

name - the name of the Type

Returns:

the Type of that name

Throws:

NoSuchElementException - if that type can not be found