cytoscape.data.annotation
Class OntologyDescription

java.lang.Object
  cytoscape.data.annotation.OntologyDescription

All Implemented Interfaces:

Serializable

public class OntologyDescription
extends Object
implements Serializable

Distinguish among different ontologies, by curator and type. For example, KEGG maintains two ontologies: metabolic pathways, and regulatory pathways. GO has three: biological process, molecular function, cellular component. This simple class captures these distinctions It will perhaps prove most useful when some data source (a biodata server, for example) contains a number of ontologies, and needs to communicate a summary of these to a client.

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Serialized Form

Constructor Summary

OntologyDescription(String curator, String ontologyType)

Method Summary

String	getCurator() DOCUMENT ME!
String	getType() DOCUMENT ME!
String	toString() DOCUMENT ME!

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

equals, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

OntologyDescription

public OntologyDescription(String curator,
                           String ontologyType)

Parameters:

curator - The institute or group which maintains this ontology

ontolotyType - The nature of this ontology, eg, "metabolic pathway", "molecular function", or "cellular component"

Method Detail

getCurator

public String getCurator()

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Returns:

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getType

public String getType()

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Returns:

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toString

public String toString()

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Overrides:

toString in class Object

Returns:

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