Package ubic.gemma.core.loader.expression.arrayDesign

Interface ArrayDesignMergeService

All Known Implementing Classes:

ArrayDesignMergeServiceImpl

public interface ArrayDesignMergeService

• Make new array design based on others
• Keep map of relation between new design elements and old ones
• Store relationship with mergees

Author:

paul

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
ArrayDesign	merge(ArrayDesign arrayDesign, Collection<ArrayDesign> otherArrayDesigns, String nameOfNewDesign, String shortNameOfNewDesign, boolean add)	Merge array designs based on their sequence content.

Method Detail

merge

ArrayDesign merge(ArrayDesign arrayDesign,
                  Collection<ArrayDesign> otherArrayDesigns,
                  String nameOfNewDesign,
                  String shortNameOfNewDesign,
                  boolean add)

Merge array designs based on their sequence content. Array designs that are already merged cannot be merged, but new array designs can be added into an existing merged design. Also array designs can only be merged once: a given array design cannot be merged twice.

Parameters:

arrayDesign - , used as a "top level" design when 'add' is true; otherwise just treated as one of the designs to be merged into a new design.

otherArrayDesigns - array designs to merge with the arrayDesign

nameOfNewDesign - can be null if "add" is true (ignored)

shortNameOfNewDesign - can be null if "add" is true (ignored)

add - if "arrayDesign" is already merged, add the "otherArrayDesign"s to it. Otherwise force the creation of a new design.

Returns:

the merged design. If add=true, then this will be "arrayDesign". Otherwise it will be a new array design.