Describable (Gemma 1.31.4 API)

All Superinterfaces:

Identifiable

All Known Implementing Classes:

AbstractAuditable, AbstractDescribable, Analysis, ArrayDesign, BibliographicReference, BioAssay, BioAssayDimension, BioAssaySet, BioMaterial, BioSequence, BlacklistedEntity, BlacklistedExperiment, BlacklistedPlatform, Characteristic, ChromosomeFeature, CoexpressionAnalysis, CompositeSequence, Compound, Contact, DataAnalysisEvidence, DifferentialExpressionAnalysis, DifferentialExpressionEvidence, ExperimentalDesign, ExperimentalEvidence, ExperimentalFactor, ExpressionAnalysis, ExpressionExperiment, ExpressionExperimentSet, ExpressionExperimentSubSet, ExternalDatabase, Gene, GeneDifferentialExpressionMetaAnalysis, GeneProduct, GenericEvidence, GenericExperiment, GeneSet, Investigation, LiteratureEvidence, Person, PhenotypeAssociation, PrincipalComponentAnalysis, Protocol, QuantitationType, Reporter, SampleCoexpressionAnalysis, SingleExperimentAnalysis, Statement, Treatment, User, UserGroup
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public interface Describable
extends Identifiable
```

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`String`	`getDescription()`	Obtain a human-readable description of the object
`String`	`getName()`	Obtain the name of an object is a possibly ambiguous human-readable identifier that need not be an external database reference.

Methods inherited from interface ubic.gemma.model.common.Identifiable
getId

- Method Detail
  - getDescription
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String getDescription()
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    Obtain a human-readable description of the object
  - getName
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String getName()
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    Obtain the name of an object is a possibly ambiguous human-readable identifier that need not be an external database reference.