Package org.biojava.bio.seq
Interface FeatureTypes.Type
- All Superinterfaces:
Annotatable
,Changeable
- Enclosing class:
FeatureTypes
A type of feature.
- Since:
- 1.3
- Author:
- Matthew Pocock
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Nested Class Summary
Nested classes/interfaces inherited from interface org.biojava.bio.Annotatable
Annotatable.AnnotationForwarder
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Field Summary
Fields inherited from interface org.biojava.bio.Annotatable
ANNOTATION
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Method Summary
Methods inherited from interface org.biojava.bio.Annotatable
getAnnotation
Methods inherited from interface org.biojava.utils.Changeable
addChangeListener, addChangeListener, isUnchanging, removeChangeListener, removeChangeListener
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Method Details
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getSchema
Get the schema for this type.
The schema is represented as a FeatureFilter. This will almost certainly be a complext filter using ands and ors to combine multiple constraints. A particular type may chose to restrict any one of the feature's properties, their allowed children and their allowed parents in a feature hierachy, the type of the annotation associated with it and anything else that can be expressed using a feature fitler.
For a feature to actualy conform to this type, it must be acceptable by the schema filter.
- Returns:
- the schema FeatureFilter
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getName
Get the name of this type.- Returns:
- the Type name
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getParents
Get a set of URIs for parent types.- Returns:
- a Set of all parent URIs
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getURI
Get the URI for this type.
The URI will be composed according to the rules defined in FeatureTypes, being of the form
uri:biojava.org:types:${repository}/${type}
.- Returns:
- the URI for this type
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