org.biojava.ontology

Class AbstractTerm

java.lang.Object

org.biojava.utils.AbstractChangeable

org.biojava.ontology.AbstractTerm

All Implemented Interfaces:

Annotatable, Term, Changeable

Direct Known Subclasses:

RemoteTerm.Impl, Term.Impl

public abstract class AbstractTerm
extends AbstractChangeable
implements Term

Abstract implementation of term This provides basic change-forwarding functionality from the annotation and ontology properties.

Since:

1.4

Author:

Thomas Down

Nested Class Summary

Nested classes/interfaces inherited from interface org.biojava.ontology.Term

Term.Impl

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

Annotatable.AnnotationForwarder

Field Summary

Fields

Modifier and Type	Field and Description
protected String	description

Fields inherited from interface org.biojava.ontology.Term

ONTOLOGY

Fields inherited from interface org.biojava.bio.Annotatable

ANNOTATION

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
AbstractTerm()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
ChangeSupport	getChangeSupport(ChangeType ct) Called to retrieve the ChangeSupport for this object.
void	setDescription(String description) set the description of the term;

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, toString, wait, wait, wait

Methods inherited from interface org.biojava.ontology.Term

addSynonym, getDescription, getName, getOntology, getSynonyms, removeSynonym

Methods inherited from interface org.biojava.bio.Annotatable

getAnnotation

Methods inherited from interface org.biojava.utils.Changeable

addChangeListener, addChangeListener, isUnchanging, removeChangeListener, removeChangeListener

Field Detail

description

protected String description

Constructor Detail

AbstractTerm

public AbstractTerm()

Method Detail

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

setDescription

public void setDescription(String description)

Description copied from interface: Term

set the description of the term;

Specified by:

setDescription in interface Term