Package org.biojava.utils.candy

The data structures and interfaces included in this package define an interoperable framework for simple controlled vocabularies.

See: Description

Interface Summary

Interface	Description
CandyFinder	This interface is a main entry point to a set of controlled vocabularies.
CandyVocabulary	This interface defines functionality of a controlled vocabulary.

Class Summary

Class	Description
CandyEntry	This is a basic container for a vocabulary entry.

Exception Summary

Exception	Description
CandyException

Package org.biojava.utils.candy Description

The data structures and interfaces included in this package define an interoperable framework for simple controlled vocabularies.

When describing and representing domain-specific systems, there is frequently a need for a string type that can only assume a limited set of allowed values, a set, however, that is allowed to change over time (as values are added or removed) or space (different servers accepting different sets of strings). This need is addressed by this package.

A reference implementation of the controlled vocabularies was developed at European Bioinformatics Institute as an open source project candy.

The controlled vocabulary package consists of

• an interface CandyFinder whose main task is to provide all available vocabularies,
• an interface CandyVocabulary who represents one controlled vocabulary, and
• a class CandyEntry representing one entry/value in a controlled vocabulary.