Package ubic.gemma.core.loader.expression.arrayDesign

Interface ArrayDesignMergeHelperService

All Known Implementing Classes:

ArrayDesignMergeHelperServiceImpl

public interface ArrayDesignMergeHelperService

Author:

Paul

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
ArrayDesign	persistMerging(ArrayDesign result, ArrayDesign arrayDesign, Collection<ArrayDesign> otherArrayDesigns, boolean mergeWithExisting, Collection<CompositeSequence> newProbes)	Finalize the assembly and persistence of the merged array design.

Method Details

persistMerging

ArrayDesign persistMerging(ArrayDesign result,
 ArrayDesign arrayDesign,
 Collection<ArrayDesign> otherArrayDesigns,
 boolean mergeWithExisting,
 Collection<CompositeSequence> newProbes)

Finalize the assembly and persistence of the merged array design.

Parameters:

result - the final merged design

arrayDesign - platform

otherArrayDesigns - other platform

mergeWithExisting - don't make a new array design, merge it into the one given as the first argument

newProbes - Probes that have to be added to make up the merged design. In the case of "mergeWithExisting", this might even be empty.

Returns:

the final persistent merged design