- * Parses the JSON response and returns the gene identifier, or null if not
- * found. If the returned object_type is Gene, returns the id, if Transcript
- * returns the Parent. If it is Translation (peptide identifier), then the
- * Parent is the transcript identifier, so we redo the search with this value,
- * specifying that object_type should be Transcript.
- *
- * @param jsonObject
- * @return
- */
- protected String parseGeneId(JSONObject json)
- {
- if (json == null)
- {
- // e.g. lookup failed with 404 not found
- return null;
- }
-
- String geneId = null;
- String type = json.get(OBJECT_TYPE).toString();
- if (OBJECT_TYPE_GENE.equalsIgnoreCase(type))
- {
- // got the gene - just returns its id
- geneId = json.get(JSON_ID).toString();
- }
- else if (OBJECT_TYPE_TRANSCRIPT.equalsIgnoreCase(type))
- {
- // got the transcript - return its (Gene) Parent
- geneId = json.get(PARENT).toString();
- }
- else if (OBJECT_TYPE_TRANSLATION.equalsIgnoreCase(type))
- {
- // got the protein - look up its Parent, restricted to type Transcript
- String transcriptId = json.get(PARENT).toString();
- geneId = parseGeneId(getResult(transcriptId, OBJECT_TYPE_TRANSCRIPT));
- }
-
- return geneId;
- }
-
- /**