org.jscience.biology.taxonomy
Class WeakTaxonFactory

java.lang.Object
  org.jscience.biology.taxonomy.WeakTaxonFactory

All Implemented Interfaces:

TaxonFactory

public class WeakTaxonFactory
extends java.lang.Object
implements TaxonFactory

An implementation of TaxonFactory that builds a weak in-memory Taxon tree.

This implementation holds only weak references to the Taxon instances it knows about. This means that WeakTaxonFactory may not be appropriate for situations where you wish to browse the taxon tree. It does, however, mean that massive taxa can be represented, by effectively reflecting the currently useful rooted sub-tree in memory.

Field Summary

static WeakTaxonFactory

GLOBAL The TaxonFactory that the system should use for storing the taxonomy used by swissprot and embl as in-memory objects.

Constructor Summary

WeakTaxonFactory(java.lang.String name)
Creates a new WeakTaxonFactory object.

Method Summary

Taxon	addChild(Taxon parent, Taxon child) DOCUMENT ME!
Taxon	createTaxon(java.lang.String scientificName, java.lang.String commonName) DOCUMENT ME!
java.lang.String	getName() DOCUMENT ME!
Taxon	getRoot() DOCUMENT ME!
Taxon	importTaxon(Taxon taxon) DOCUMENT ME!
Taxon	removeChild(Taxon parent, Taxon child) DOCUMENT ME!
Taxon	search(java.lang.Object id) DOCUMENT ME!

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

GLOBAL

public static final WeakTaxonFactory GLOBAL

The TaxonFactory that the system should use for storing the taxonomy used by swissprot and embl as in-memory objects.

Constructor Detail

WeakTaxonFactory

public WeakTaxonFactory(java.lang.String name)

Creates a new WeakTaxonFactory object.

Parameters:

name - DOCUMENT ME!

Throws:

java.lang.IllegalArgumentException - DOCUMENT ME!

Method Detail

getRoot

public Taxon getRoot()

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Specified by:

getRoot in interface TaxonFactory

Returns:

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getName

public java.lang.String getName()

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Specified by:

getName in interface TaxonFactory

Returns:

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importTaxon

public Taxon importTaxon(Taxon taxon)

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Specified by:

importTaxon in interface TaxonFactory

Parameters:

taxon - DOCUMENT ME!

Returns:

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Throws:

java.lang.IllegalArgumentException - DOCUMENT ME!

createTaxon

public Taxon createTaxon(java.lang.String scientificName,
                         java.lang.String commonName)

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Specified by:

createTaxon in interface TaxonFactory

Parameters:

scientificName - DOCUMENT ME!

commonName - DOCUMENT ME!

Returns:

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addChild

public Taxon addChild(Taxon parent,
                      Taxon child)

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Specified by:

addChild in interface TaxonFactory

Parameters:

parent - DOCUMENT ME!

child - DOCUMENT ME!

Returns:

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Throws:

java.lang.IllegalArgumentException - DOCUMENT ME!

removeChild

public Taxon removeChild(Taxon parent,
                         Taxon child)

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Specified by:

removeChild in interface TaxonFactory

Parameters:

parent - DOCUMENT ME!

child - DOCUMENT ME!

Returns:

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Throws:

java.lang.IllegalArgumentException - DOCUMENT ME!

search

public Taxon search(java.lang.Object id)

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Specified by:

search in interface TaxonFactory

Parameters:

id - DOCUMENT ME!

Returns:

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