uk.ac.ebi.arrayexpress2.magetab.handler

Interface Handler

All Known Subinterfaces:

ConversionHandler<D,O>, ReadHandler<H,D,T>, ValidateHandler<D>

All Known Implementing Classes:

AbstractHandler, AccessionHandler, AccessionHandler, ADFConversionHandler, ADFGraphReadHandler, ADFHeaderReadHandler, ADFNodeConversionHandler, ADFValidateHandler, ArrayDataHandler, ArrayDataMatrixHandler, ArrayDesignNameHandler, AssayHandler, CommentHandler, CommentHandler, CompositeElementHandler, DateOfExperimentHandler, DerivedArrayDataHandler, DerivedArrayDataMatrixHandler, ExperimentalDesignHandler, ExperimentalDesignTermAccessionHandler, ExperimentalDesignTermSourceRefHandler, ExperimentalFactorNameHandler, ExperimentalFactorTermAccessionHandler, ExperimentalFactorTermSourceRefHandler, ExperimentalFactorTypeHandler, ExperimentDescriptionHandler, ExtractHandler, FactorValueNodeHandler, FeatureHandler, HybridizationHandler, IDFConversionHandler, IDFReadHandler, IDFValidateHandler, ImageHandler, InvestigationTitleHandler, LabeledExtractHandler, MAGETABValidateHandler, MAGETABVersionHandler, NormalizationHandler, NormalizationTermAccessionHandler, NormalizationTermSourceRefHandler, NormalizationTypeHandler, PersonAddressHandler, PersonAffiliationHandler, PersonEmailHandler, PersonFaxHandler, PersonFirstNameHandler, PersonLastNameHandler, PersonMidInitialsHandler, PersonPhoneHandler, PersonRolesHandler, PersonRolesTermAccessionHandler, PersonRolesTermSourceRefHandler, PrintingProtocolHandler, ProtocolContactHandler, ProtocolDescriptionHandler, ProtocolHandler, ProtocolHardwareHandler, ProtocolNameHandler, ProtocolParametersHandler, ProtocolSoftwareHandler, ProtocolTermAccessionHandler, ProtocolTermSourceRefHandler, ProtocolTypeHandler, ProviderHandler, PublicationAuthorListHandler, PublicationDoiHandler, PublicationStatusHandler, PublicationStatusTermAccessionHandler, PublicationStatusTermSourceRefHandler, PublicationTitleHandler, PublicReleaseDateHandler, PubMedIdHandler, QualityControlTermAccessionHandler, QualityControlTermSourceRefHandler, QualityControlTypeHandler, ReplicateTermAccessionHandler, ReplicateTermSourceRefHandler, ReplicateTypeHandler, ReporterHandler, SampleHandler, ScanHandler, SDRFConversionHandler, SDRFFileHandler, SDRFNodeConversionHandler, SDRFReadHandler, SDRFReadInContextHandler, SDRFValidateHandler, SequencePolymerTypeHandler, SequencePolymerTypeTermAccessionHandler, SequencePolymerTypeTermSourceRefHandler, SourceHandler, SubstrateTypeHandler, SubstrateTypeTermAccessionHandler, SubstrateTypeTermSourceRefHandler, SurfaceTypeHandler, SurfaceTypeTermAccessionHandler, SurfaceTypeTermSourceRefHandler, TechnologyTypeHandler, TechnologyTypeTermAccessionHandler, TechnologyTypeTermSourceRefHandler, TermSourceFileHandler, TermSourceFileHandler, TermSourceNameHandler, TermSourceNameHandler, TermSourceVersionHandler, TermSourceVersionHandler, UnknownHeaderHandler, VersionHandler

public interface Handler

A class for handling discrete sections of a file that comprises a MAGE-TAB document. A handler accepts some data that is referenced by a header in MAGE-TAB. The format of the header and the data vary between MAGE-TAB components; for example, in IDF, each isolated section of data is identified by a single string (the header) identifying an ordered list of strings (the data).

Handlers should generally take some data and do something with it. This interface is extended to provide handlers with read, convert and validate functionality.

All handlers must implement methods supporting the visitor or listener patterns. This allows visitor implementations to inspect the calibrated handlers and listener implementations to monitor the progress of parsing operations.

Author:

Tony Burdett

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
void	accept(HandlerVisitor visitor) Accept a visit from a HandlerVisitor
void	addListener(HandlerListener listener) Register a HandlerListener that can listen for handling events.
Collection<HandlerListener>	getListeners() Gets the collection of listeners registered to this handler
void	removeListener(HandlerListener listener) Deregister a HandlerListener that can listen for handling events.

Method Detail

accept

void accept(HandlerVisitor visitor)

Accept a visit from a HandlerVisitor

Parameters:

visitor - the visitor to accept a visit from

addListener

void addListener(HandlerListener listener)

Register a HandlerListener that can listen for handling events.

Parameters:

listener - the listener to register

removeListener

void removeListener(HandlerListener listener)

Deregister a HandlerListener that can listen for handling events.

Parameters:

listener - the listener to deregister

getListeners

Collection<HandlerListener> getListeners()

Gets the collection of listeners registered to this handler

Returns:

the collection of registered listeners