Package ubic.gemma.persistence.util

Class ChannelUtils

java.lang.Object

ubic.gemma.persistence.util.ChannelUtils

public class ChannelUtils
extends Object

Determine if a quantitation type (by name) represents background or signal. This includes a variety of cases, some of them 'special'.

Author:

paul

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
ChannelUtils()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
static boolean	isBackgroundChannelA(String name)	For two-color arrays: Given the quantitation type name, determine if it represents the channel A background.
static boolean	isBackgroundChannelB(String name)	For two-color arrays: Given the quantitation type name, determine if it represents the channel B background.
static boolean	isSignalChannelA(String name)	For two-color arrays: Given the quantitation type name, determine if it represents the channel A signal.
static boolean	isSignalChannelB(String name)	For two-color arrays: Given the quantitation type name, determine if it represents the channel B signal.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

ChannelUtils

public ChannelUtils()

Method Detail

isBackgroundChannelA

public static boolean isBackgroundChannelA(String name)

For two-color arrays: Given the quantitation type name, determine if it represents the channel A background.

Parameters:

name - name

Returns:

boolean

isBackgroundChannelB

public static boolean isBackgroundChannelB(String name)

For two-color arrays: Given the quantitation type name, determine if it represents the channel B background.

Parameters:

name - name

Returns:

boolean

isSignalChannelA

public static boolean isSignalChannelA(String name)

For two-color arrays: Given the quantitation type name, determine if it represents the channel A signal. (by convention, green)

Parameters:

name - name

Returns:

boolean

isSignalChannelB

public static boolean isSignalChannelB(String name)

For two-color arrays: Given the quantitation type name, determine if it represents the channel B signal. (by convention, red)

Parameters:

name - name

Returns:

boolean