org.biojava.directory

Class SystemRegistry

java.lang.Object

org.biojava.directory.SystemRegistry

public class SystemRegistry
extends Object

A registry that loads up the standard biodirectory files.

This class will search for the following files in turn:

1. ~/.bioinformatics/seqdatabase.ini where ~ is the JAVA user home system property
2. /etc/bioinformatics/seqdatabase.ini
3. "http://www.open-bio.org/registry/seqdatabase.ini

The default search path may be replaced by an alternative search path specified by the OBDA_SEARCH_PATH system environment variable. This environment variable is a "+" delimted string of files and URLs. The search order proceeds from read left to right.

Author:

Thomas Down, Matthew Pocock, Keith James

Field Summary

Fields

Modifier and Type	Field and Description
static String	CONFIG_FILE
static String	CONFIG_LOCATOR
static String	OBDA_SEARCH_ENV

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
SystemRegistry()

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
static List	getRegistryPath() Get the list of places that will be searched for registry files.
static Registry	instance() Get the singleton Registry instance representing the system-wide default registry.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

CONFIG_LOCATOR

public static final String CONFIG_LOCATOR

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Constant Field Values

CONFIG_FILE

public static final String CONFIG_FILE

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Constant Field Values

OBDA_SEARCH_ENV

public static final String OBDA_SEARCH_ENV

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Constant Field Values

Constructor Detail

SystemRegistry

public SystemRegistry()

Method Detail

instance

public static Registry instance()

Get the singleton Registry instance representing the system-wide default registry.

Returns:

the system-wide Registry object.

getRegistryPath

public static List getRegistryPath()

Get the list of places that will be searched for registry files.

Returns:

a List of strings that are URLs to bioregistry files.