de.unirostock.sems.bives.ds.graph

Class GraphTranslator

java.lang.Object

de.unirostock.sems.bives.ds.graph.GraphTranslator

Direct Known Subclasses:

GraphTranslatorDot, GraphTranslatorGraphML, GraphTranslatorJson, GraphTranslatorSbgnJson

public abstract class GraphTranslator
extends Object

The Class GraphTranslator, abstract parent to convert the internal graph representation to (un)common graph formats. All methods might return null if not available in certain cases.

Author:

Martin Scharm

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
GraphTranslator()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
abstract Object	translate(HierarchyNetwork hn) Translate a hierarchy network.
abstract Object	translate(ReactionNetwork rn) Translate a reaction network.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

GraphTranslator

public GraphTranslator()

Method Detail

translate

public abstract Object translate(ReactionNetwork rn)
                          throws Exception

Translate a reaction network. Might return null if not available.

Parameters:

rn - the internal reaction network

Returns:

the graph format

Throws:

Exception - the exception

translate

public abstract Object translate(HierarchyNetwork hn)
                          throws Exception

Translate a hierarchy network. Might return null if not available.

Parameters:

hn - the internal hierarchy network

Returns:

the graph format

Throws:

Exception - the exception