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21 package jalview.ws.dbsources.das.api;
23 import jalview.ws.seqfetcher.DbSourceProxy;
25 import java.util.List;
27 import org.biodas.jdas.schema.sources.MAINTAINER;
28 import org.biodas.jdas.schema.sources.VERSION;
30 public interface jalviewSourceI
39 String getDescription();
43 MAINTAINER getMAINTAINER();
49 boolean isSequenceSource();
51 String[] getCapabilityList(VERSION v);
53 String[] getLabelsFor(VERSION v);
57 * @return null if not a sequence source, otherwise a series of database
58 * sources that can be used to retrieve sequence data for particular
59 * database coordinate systems
61 List<DbSourceProxy> getSequenceSourceProxies();
63 boolean isFeatureSource();
66 * returns the base URL for the latest version of a source's DAS endpoint set
70 String getSourceURL();
73 * test to see if this source's latest version is older than the given source
75 * @param jalviewSourceI
76 * @return true if newer than given source
78 boolean isNewerThan(jalviewSourceI jalviewSourceI);
81 * test if the source is a reference source for the authority
85 boolean isReferenceSource();