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

Interface ArrayDesignMergeHelperService

All Known Implementing Classes:

ArrayDesignMergeHelperServiceImpl

public interface ArrayDesignMergeHelperService

Author:

Paul

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
ArrayDesign	persistMerging(ArrayDesign result, ArrayDesign arrayDesign, Collection<ArrayDesign> otherArrayDesigns, boolean mergeWithExisting, Collection<CompositeSequence> newProbes)	Finalize the assembly and persistence of the merged array design.

Method Detail

persistMerging

ArrayDesign persistMerging(ArrayDesign result,
                           ArrayDesign arrayDesign,
                           Collection<ArrayDesign> otherArrayDesigns,
                           boolean mergeWithExisting,
                           Collection<CompositeSequence> newProbes)

Finalize the assembly and persistence of the merged array design.

Parameters:

result - the final merged design

mergeWithExisting - don't make a new array design, merge it into the one given as the first argument

newProbes - Probes that have to be added to make up the merged design. In the case of "mergeWithExisting", this might even be empty.

arrayDesign - platform

otherArrayDesigns - other platform

Returns:

the final persistent merged design