org.biojava.ontology
Class OntologyTerm.Impl

java.lang.Object
  org.biojava.utils.AbstractChangeable
      org.biojava.ontology.OntologyTerm.Impl

All Implemented Interfaces:

Annotatable, Changeable, OntologyTerm, Serializable, Term

Enclosing class:

OntologyTerm

public static final class OntologyTerm.Impl

extends AbstractChangeable

implements OntologyTerm, Serializable

Simple in-memory implementation of a remote ontology term.

See Also:

Serialized Form

For developers:

This can be used to implement Ontology.importTerm

Nested Class Summary

Nested classes inherited from class org.biojava.ontology.OntologyTerm

OntologyTerm.Impl

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

Annotatable.AnnotationForwarder

Field Summary

Fields inherited from interface org.biojava.ontology.Term

ONTOLOGY

Fields inherited from interface org.biojava.bio.Annotatable

ANNOTATION

Constructor Summary

OntologyTerm.Impl(Ontology ontology, Ontology target)

Method Summary

Annotation	getAnnotation() Should return the associated annotation object.
ChangeSupport	getChangeSupport(ChangeType ct) Called to retrieve the ChangeSupport for this object.
String	getDescription() Return a human-readable description of this term, or the empty string if none is available.
String	getName() Return the name of this term.
Ontology	getOntology() Get the remote ontology referenced by this term
Ontology	getTargetOntology()
String	toString()

Methods inherited from class org.biojava.utils.AbstractChangeable

addChangeListener, addChangeListener, generateChangeSupport, hasListeners, hasListeners, isUnchanging, removeChangeListener, removeChangeListener

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Methods inherited from interface org.biojava.utils.Changeable

addChangeListener, addChangeListener, isUnchanging, removeChangeListener, removeChangeListener

Constructor Detail

OntologyTerm.Impl

public OntologyTerm.Impl(Ontology ontology,
                         Ontology target)

Method Detail

getName

public String getName()

Description copied from interface: Term

Return the name of this term.

Specified by:

getName in interface 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

getOntology

public Ontology getOntology()

Description copied from interface: OntologyTerm

Get the remote ontology referenced by this term

Specified by:

getOntology in interface OntologyTerm

getTargetOntology

public Ontology getTargetOntology()

toString

public String toString()

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