2 * Jalview - A Sequence Alignment Editor and Viewer (Version 2.8.1)
3 * Copyright (C) 2014 The Jalview Authors
5 * This file is part of Jalview.
7 * Jalview is free software: you can redistribute it and/or
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17 * The Jalview Authors are detailed in the 'AUTHORS' file.
19 package jalview.ws.dbsources.das.api;
21 import java.util.List;
23 import jalview.ws.seqfetcher.DbSourceProxy;
25 import org.biodas.jdas.schema.sources.MAINTAINER;
26 import org.biodas.jdas.schema.sources.VERSION;
28 public interface jalviewSourceI
37 String getDescription();
41 MAINTAINER getMAINTAINER();
47 boolean isSequenceSource();
49 String[] getCapabilityList(VERSION v);
51 String[] getLabelsFor(VERSION v);
55 * @return null if not a sequence source, otherwise a series of database
56 * sources that can be used to retrieve sequence data for particular
57 * database coordinate systems
59 List<DbSourceProxy> getSequenceSourceProxies();
61 boolean isFeatureSource();
64 * returns the base URL for the latest version of a source's DAS endpoint set
68 String getSourceURL();
71 * test to see if this source's latest version is older than the given source
73 * @param jalviewSourceI
74 * @return true if newer than given source
76 boolean isNewerThan(jalviewSourceI jalviewSourceI);
79 * test if the source is a reference source for the authority
82 boolean isReferenceSource();