gov.nih.nci.caarray.services.util.properties
Class OntologyCategoriesProperties

java.lang.Object
  extended by gov.nih.nci.caarray.services.util.properties.OntologyCategoriesProperties

public final class OntologyCategoriesProperties
extends java.lang.Object

This class reads a properties file that describes an ontology category and its sub-categories. This facilitates querying of ontologies belong to the the sub-categories in addition to the category itself. For example, the ExperimentalFactorCategory category has sub categories BiologicalFactorCategory, MethodologicalFactorCategory and EnvironmentalFactorCategory sub-categories which in turn have other sub-categories.

Author:
TranP

Constructor Summary
OntologyCategoriesProperties()
           
 
Method Summary
static java.lang.String[] getSubCategories(java.lang.String category)
           
 
Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait
 

Constructor Detail

OntologyCategoriesProperties

public OntologyCategoriesProperties()
Method Detail

getSubCategories

public static java.lang.String[] getSubCategories(java.lang.String category)