001/*
002 *                    BioJava development code
003 *
004 * This code may be freely distributed and modified under the
005 * terms of the GNU Lesser General Public Licence.  This should
006 * be distributed with the code.  If you do not have a copy,
007 * see:
008 *
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010 *
011 * Copyright for this code is held jointly by the individual
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013 *
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018 *      http://www.biojava.org/
019 *
020 * Created on December 19, 2013
021 * Author: Douglas Myers-Turnbull
022 */
023
024package org.biojava.nbio.structure;
025
026import org.biojava.nbio.structure.align.client.StructureName;
027import org.biojava.nbio.structure.align.util.AtomCache;
028
029/**
030 * A collection of utilities to create {@link StructureIdentifier StructureIdentifiers}.
031 * @author dmyersturnbull
032 * @deprecated Use {@link StructureName} instead. Deprecated in v. 4.2.0
033 */
034@Deprecated
035public class Identifier {
036
037        /**
038         * Loads a {@link StructureIdentifier} from the specified string.
039         * The type returned for any particular string can be considered relatively stable
040         * but should not be relied on.
041         * @deprecated Create a new {@link StructureName} instead.
042         */
043        @Deprecated
044        public static StructureIdentifier loadIdentifier(String id, AtomCache cache) {
045                return new StructureName(id);
046        }
047}