org.biojava.bio.seq

Interface FeatureTypes.Type

All Superinterfaces:

Annotatable, Changeable

Enclosing class:

FeatureTypes

public static interface FeatureTypes.Type
extends Annotatable

A type of feature.

Since:

1.3

Author:

Matthew Pocock

Nested Class Summary

Nested classes/interfaces inherited from interface org.biojava.bio.Annotatable

Annotatable.AnnotationForwarder

Field Summary

Fields inherited from interface org.biojava.bio.Annotatable

ANNOTATION

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
String	getName() Get the name of this type.
Set	getParents() Get a set of URIs for parent types.
FeatureFilter	getSchema() Get the schema for this type.
String	getURI() Get the URI for this type.

Methods inherited from interface org.biojava.bio.Annotatable

getAnnotation

Methods inherited from interface org.biojava.utils.Changeable

addChangeListener, addChangeListener, isUnchanging, removeChangeListener, removeChangeListener

Method Detail

getSchema

FeatureFilter getSchema()

Get the schema for this type.

The schema is represented as a FeatureFilter. This will almost certainly be a complext filter using ands and ors to combine multiple constraints. A particular type may chose to restrict any one of the feature's properties, their allowed children and their allowed parents in a feature hierachy, the type of the annotation associated with it and anything else that can be expressed using a feature fitler.

For a feature to actualy conform to this type, it must be acceptable by the schema filter.

Returns:

the schema FeatureFilter

getName

String getName()

Get the name of this type.

Returns:

the Type name

getParents

Set getParents()

Get a set of URIs for parent types.

Returns:

a Set of all parent URIs

getURI

String getURI()

Get the URI for this type.

The URI will be composed according to the rules defined in FeatureTypes, being of the form uri:biojava.org:types:${repository}/${type}.

Returns:

the URI for this type