Package ubic.gemma.core.search.source

Class OntologySearchSource

java.lang.Object

ubic.gemma.core.search.source.OntologySearchSource

All Implemented Interfaces:

SearchSource

@Component
public class OntologySearchSource
extends Object
implements SearchSource

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
OntologySearchSource()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
boolean	accepts(SearchSettings settings)	Indicate if this source accepts the given search settings.
Collection<SearchResult<ExpressionExperiment>>	searchExpressionExperiment(SearchSettings settings)	Search via characteristics i.e.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Methods inherited from interface ubic.gemma.core.search.SearchSource

searchArrayDesign, searchBibliographicReference, searchBioSequence, searchBioSequenceAndGene, searchBlacklistedEntities, searchCompositeSequence, searchCompositeSequenceAndGene, searchExperimentSet, searchGene, searchGeneSet

Constructor Detail

OntologySearchSource

public OntologySearchSource()

Method Detail

accepts

public boolean accepts(SearchSettings settings)

Description copied from interface: SearchSource

Indicate if this source accepts the given search settings.

Specified by:

accepts in interface SearchSource

searchExpressionExperiment

public Collection<SearchResult<ExpressionExperiment>> searchExpressionExperiment(SearchSettings settings)
                                                                          throws SearchException

Search via characteristics i.e. ontology terms.

This is an important type of search but also a point of performance issues. Searches for "specific" terms are generally not a big problem (yielding less than 100 results); searches for "broad" terms can return numerous (thousands) results.

Specified by:

searchExpressionExperiment in interface SearchSource

Throws:

SearchException