Package ubic.gemma.core.loader.util

Class ExternalDatabaseUtils

java.lang.Object

ubic.gemma.core.loader.util.ExternalDatabaseUtils

public class ExternalDatabaseUtils
extends Object

Utilities for working with various external databases.

This delegates to specific utilities for each supported database.

Author:

poirigui

See Also:

• GeoUtils
• SraUtils
• ArrayExpressUtils
• CellXGeneUtils

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
ExternalDatabaseUtils()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
static String	getLabel(DatabaseEntry de)	Obtain a label for a given database entry.
static String	getUri(DatabaseEntry accession)	Obtain a URI for a given database entry.
static String	getUri(DatabaseEntryValueObject accession)	Obtain a URI for a given database entry.
static String	getUri(ExternalDatabase externalDatabase)	Obtain a URI for a given external database.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Details

ExternalDatabaseUtils

public ExternalDatabaseUtils()

Method Details

getUri

@Nullable
public static String getUri(DatabaseEntry accession)

Obtain a URI for a given database entry.

The returned value is not necessarily an HTTP/HTTPS URL.

getUri

@Nullable
public static String getUri(DatabaseEntryValueObject accession)

Obtain a URI for a given database entry.

The returned value is not necessarily an HTTP/HTTPS URL.

getUri

@Nullable
public static String getUri(ExternalDatabase externalDatabase)

Obtain a URI for a given external database.

The returned value is not necessarily an HTTP/HTTPS URL.

getLabel

@Nullable
public static String getLabel(DatabaseEntry de)

Obtain a label for a given database entry.

This is usually the accession, but it may be null if the database accession is not meaningful to users (e.g. CELLxGENE dataset IDs are UUIDs).