org.biojava.directory
Interface SequenceDBProvider

All Known Implementing Classes:

BioFetchSequenceDBProvider, BioSQLSequenceDBProvider, DASSequenceDBProvider, FlatSequenceDBProvider

public interface SequenceDBProvider

Interfaces for named resources that can provide sequences via a database given some configuration information as defined by the OBDA standard.

Author:

Thomas Down, Keith James, Matthew Pocock

Method Summary

String	getName() The name of this provider.
SequenceDBLite	getSequenceDB(Map config) Get a sequence database.

Method Detail

getName

public String getName()

The name of this provider.

Returns:

the provider's name.

getSequenceDB

public SequenceDBLite getSequenceDB(Map config)
                             throws RegistryException,
                                    BioException

Get a sequence database.

Parameters:

config - a Map containing key-value pairs identifying the database to resolve.

Returns:

a SequenceDBLite that was resolved.

Throws:

RegistryException

BioException