Package ubic.gemma.persistence.service.genome

Class ChromosomeUtils

java.lang.Object

ubic.gemma.persistence.service.genome.ChromosomeUtils

public class ChromosomeUtils
extends Object

A utility class for Chromosome

Author:

ptan

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
ChromosomeUtils()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
static boolean	isCanonical(Chromosome chr)	This method is only familiar with chromosomes as named in the UCSC GoldenPath database and would have to be modified if the 'rules' are broken by some other source used.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Details

ChromosomeUtils

public ChromosomeUtils()

Method Details

isCanonical

public static boolean isCanonical(Chromosome chr)

This method is only familiar with chromosomes as named in the UCSC GoldenPath database and would have to be modified if the 'rules' are broken by some other source used.

Parameters:

chr - chromosome

Returns:

true if this is a regular chromosome, not a separate assembly for e.g. a haplotype (6_cox_hap2 for example).