Package ubic.gemma.model.common.description

Class CharacteristicUtils

java.lang.Object

ubic.gemma.model.common.description.CharacteristicUtils

public class CharacteristicUtils
extends Object

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
CharacteristicUtils()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
static int	compareTerm(String a, String aUri, String b, String bUri)	Compare a pair of ontology terms.
static boolean	equals(String a, String aUri, String b, String bUri)	Compare a pair of ontology terms.
static Characteristic	getCategory(Characteristic t)	Create a new characteristic that represents the category of a given characteristic.
static boolean	isFreeText(Characteristic c)	Check if the given characteristic is a free-text value.
static boolean	isFreeTextCategory(Characteristic c)	Check if the given characteristic has or is a free-text category.
static boolean	isUncategorized(Characteristic c)	Check if the given characteristic is uncategorized.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

CharacteristicUtils

public CharacteristicUtils()

Method Detail

getCategory

public static Characteristic getCategory(Characteristic t)

Create a new characteristic that represents the category of a given characteristic.

isUncategorized

public static boolean isUncategorized(Characteristic c)

Check if the given characteristic is uncategorized.

isFreeTextCategory

public static boolean isFreeTextCategory(Characteristic c)

Check if the given characteristic has or is a free-text category.

isFreeText

public static boolean isFreeText(Characteristic c)

Check if the given characteristic is a free-text value.

equals

public static boolean equals(String a,
                             String aUri,
                             String b,
                             String bUri)

Compare a pair of ontology terms.

compareTerm

public static int compareTerm(String a,
                              @Nullable
                              String aUri,
                              String b,
                              @Nullable
                              String bUri)

Compare a pair of ontology terms.

Terms are sorted by label and then URI. If two term have an identical URI, this method will return zero regardless of the label.

All URI and label comparisons are case-insensitive.