org.cytoscape.io.webservice.client

Class AbstractWebServiceClient

java.lang.Object

org.cytoscape.io.webservice.client.AbstractWebServiceClient

All Implemented Interfaces:

WebServiceClient

Direct Known Subclasses:

AbstractWebServiceGUIClient

public abstract class AbstractWebServiceClient
extends Object
implements WebServiceClient

Abstract class for all web service clients. All clients MUST extend this class.

Cytoscape Backwards Compatibility (Abstract Class): This class is abstract and meant to be extended by users. This means that we may add methods for minor version updates. Methods will only be removed for major version updates.

Module: webservice-api

To use this in your app, include the following dependency in your POM:

<dependency>
    <groupId>org.cytoscape</groupId>
    <artifactId>webservice-api</artifactId>
</dependency>

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
AbstractWebServiceClient(String uri, String displayName, String description) Constructs this AbstractWebServiceClient.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
String	getDescription() Get human-readable description of this client.
String	getDisplayName() Returns display name of this client.
URI	getServiceLocation() Returns resource location of this service, i.e., service URL.
String	toString()

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Methods inherited from interface org.cytoscape.io.webservice.WebServiceClient

createTaskIterator

Constructor Detail

AbstractWebServiceClient

public AbstractWebServiceClient(String uri,
                                String displayName,
                                String description)

Constructs this AbstractWebServiceClient.

Parameters:

uri - Service Location.

Method Detail

getDisplayName

public final String getDisplayName()

Description copied from interface: WebServiceClient

Returns display name of this client. This is more human readable name for this client. This may not be unique.

Specified by:

getDisplayName in interface WebServiceClient

Returns:

display name for this client.

getDescription

public final String getDescription()

Description copied from interface: WebServiceClient

Get human-readable description of this client.

Specified by:

getDescription in interface WebServiceClient

Returns:

Description as a string. Users should write parser for this return value.

toString

public final String toString()

Overrides:

toString in class Object

getServiceLocation

public final URI getServiceLocation()

Description copied from interface: WebServiceClient

Returns resource location of this service, i.e., service URL. This is guaranteed to be globally unique and can be used as identifier.

Specified by:

getServiceLocation in interface WebServiceClient

Returns:

URI of the service.