import org.json.simple.parser.JSONParser;
import org.json.simple.parser.ParseException;
+/**
+ * A client for the Ensembl xrefs/symbol REST service;
+ *
+ * @see http://rest.ensembl.org/documentation/info/xref_external
+ * @author gmcarstairs
+ *
+ */
public class EnsemblSymbol extends EnsemblXref
{
/**
+ * Constructor given the target domain to fetch data from
+ *
+ * @param domain
+ * @param dbName
+ * @param dbVersion
+ */
+ public EnsemblSymbol(String domain, String dbName, String dbVersion)
+ {
+ super(domain, dbName, dbVersion);
+ }
+
+ /**
* Returns the first "id" value in gene identifier format from the JSON
* response, or null if none found
*
* @return
* @throws IOException
*/
- protected String parseResponse(BufferedReader br)
+ protected String parseSymbolResponse(BufferedReader br)
throws IOException
{
JSONParser jp = new JSONParser();
protected URL getUrl(String id, Species species)
{
- String url = ENSEMBL_REST + "/xrefs/symbol/" + species.toString() + "/"
+ String url = getDomain() + "/xrefs/symbol/" + species.toString() + "/"
+ id
+ "?content-type=application/json";
try
{
br = getHttpResponse(url, ids);
}
- String geneId = parseResponse(br);
+ String geneId = parseSymbolResponse(br);
if (geneId != null)
{
result.add(geneId);