uk.ac.ebi.intact.application.commons.util
Class XrefHelper

java.lang.Object
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  +--uk.ac.ebi.intact.application.commons.util.XrefHelper

public class XrefHelper

extends java.lang.Object

This class contains various useful utilities related to Xref. All methods are static.

Version:

$Id: XrefHelper.java,v 1.3 2003/12/15 17:21:09 smudali Exp $

Author:

Sugath Mudali (smudali@ebi.ac.uk)

Method Summary

static java.lang.String	getEmptyLink() Returns the identifier for the empty primary id link.
static java.lang.String	getPrimaryIdLink(Xref xref) Return the primary id as a link.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Method Detail

getPrimaryIdLink

public static java.lang.String getPrimaryIdLink(Xref xref)

Return the primary id as a link. Only used when viewing a xref.

Parameters:

xref - Xrefenece object to access primary id and other information.

Returns:

the primary id as a link only if the primary id is not null and 'search-url' is found among the annotations. #ourEmptyPidLink is returned for a null primary id. The primary id is returned as the link if there is 'search-url' is found among the annotations for given xreference.

getEmptyLink

public static java.lang.String getEmptyLink()

Returns the identifier for the empty primary id link.

Returns:

the identifier for the empty primary id link.