uk.ac.ebi.adfconverter.tools.converter.IdentifierGenerater
Class MAGEIdentifierGenerator

java.lang.Object
  uk.ac.ebi.adfconverter.tools.converter.IdentifierGenerater.MAGEIdentifierGenerator

public class MAGEIdentifierGenerator

extends java.lang.Object

This class handles MAGE identifier generation. The generator uses rules provided in the configuration file A rule can be provided per MAGE Object type By default, the rule is : identifier = userUrl:userNamespace/objectType:arrayNumber.objectTypeInitial-objectnumber

Version:

1

Author:

Pierre MARGUERITE

Constructor Summary

MAGEIdentifierGenerator()
Default Contructor for generator use Inits as well the MGED ontology Checker by providing an Database MAGE Identifier

MAGEIdentifierGenerator(java.util.Properties identifierProperties)
Constructor Inits generator with rules Inits as well the MGED ontology Checker by providing an Database MAGE Identifier

Method Summary

java.lang.String	generateIdentifier(java.lang.String objectType) Generates a new identifier for a given objectType following the rules given in the configuration file.
java.lang.String	generateIdentifier(java.lang.String objectType, java.util.Hashtable variables) Generates a new identifier for a given objectType following the rules given in the configuration file.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

equals, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

MAGEIdentifierGenerator

public MAGEIdentifierGenerator()
                        throws java.lang.Exception

Default Contructor for generator use Inits as well the MGED ontology Checker by providing an Database MAGE Identifier

Throws:

java.lang.Exception - if the MGED Ontology is incorrectly initialised.

MAGEIdentifierGenerator

public MAGEIdentifierGenerator(java.util.Properties identifierProperties)
                        throws java.lang.Exception

Constructor Inits generator with rules Inits as well the MGED ontology Checker by providing an Database MAGE Identifier

Parameters:

identifierProperties - lists of generation rules

Throws:

java.lang.Exception - if the MGED Ontology is incorrectly initialised

Method Detail

generateIdentifier

public java.lang.String generateIdentifier(java.lang.String objectType)

Generates a new identifier for a given objectType following the rules given in the configuration file.

Parameters:

objectType - the type of the object, for which an identifier is generated

Returns:

a new identifier as String. Null, if the ObjectType object is null

generateIdentifier

public java.lang.String generateIdentifier(java.lang.String objectType,
                                           java.util.Hashtable variables)

Generates a new identifier for a given objectType following the rules given in the configuration file.

Parameters:

objectType - the type of the object, for which an identifier is generated

variables - additional parameters for the creation of the identifier

Returns:

a new identifier as String. Null, if the ObjectType object is null