uk.ac.ebi.arrayexpress2.magetab.datamodel.sdrf.node.attribute

Interface SDRFAttribute

All Known Implementing Classes:

AbstractSDRFAttribute, ArrayDesignAttribute, CharacteristicsAttribute, FactorValueAttribute, LabelAttribute, MaterialTypeAttribute, ParameterValueAttribute, PerformerAttribute, ProviderAttribute, TechnologyTypeAttribute, UnitAttribute

public interface SDRFAttribute

An attribute in the SDRF data structure. Each node type has a range of attributes that can be attached to it. All attributes must have a name and a type, whereas some implementations may have additional fields defined.

Author:

Tony Burdett

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
String	getAttributeType() Get the type of this attribute.
String	getAttributeValue() Get the value associated to this attribute in the spreadsheet.
String	getNodeName() Deprecated. since version 1.1, use getAttributeValue() instead. Preserved for backwards compatibility
String	getNodeType() Deprecated. since version 1.1, use getAttributeType() instead. Preserved for backwards compatibility
String[]	headers() Returns a string array representing the headers of this node and all it's attributes.
String[]	values() Returns the strings representing the values of this node and all it's attributes, indexed by the matching headers.

Method Detail

getAttributeType

String getAttributeType()

Get the type of this attribute. The attribute is typed (like Nodes) by the standardised "Name" tag for the node, including any option qualifiers (such as contents of square brackets, parentheses, or prefixes in some cases).

Returns:

the attribute type, including qualifiers

getAttributeValue

String getAttributeValue()

Get the value associated to this attribute in the spreadsheet. In other words, the particular entry in the current row under the given type.

Returns:

the attribute value

getNodeType

@Deprecated
String getNodeType()

Deprecated. since version 1.1, use getAttributeType() instead. Preserved for backwards compatibility

Get the type of this node in the graph.

Returns:

the standardised header string for this node

getNodeName

@Deprecated
String getNodeName()

Deprecated. since version 1.1, use getAttributeValue() instead. Preserved for backwards compatibility

Get the value associated to this node in the spreadsheet. In other words, the particular entry in the current row under the given type.

Returns:

the value for this node name entry

headers

String[] headers()

Returns a string array representing the headers of this node and all it's attributes.

Returns:

the headers unique to this node

values

String[] values()

Returns the strings representing the values of this node and all it's attributes, indexed by the matching headers. So, headers() and values have exactly the same length and the same order.

Returns:

the values for this node