gov.nih.nlm.umls.meta
Class MetaDescriptionInitializer

java.lang.Object
  gov.nih.nlm.umls.meta.MetaDescriptionInitializer

public final class MetaDescriptionInitializer

extends Object

Provides an easy mechanism for initializing the system from MRDOC, MRSAB, and SRDEF. This is a convenience class to help users avoid the complexities of initializing an application.

Author:

Brian Carlsen, Deborah Shapiro

Constructor Summary

MetaDescriptionInitializer()
Instantiates an empty MetaDescriptionInitializer.

Method Summary

static void	initialize(File mrdoc, File mrsab, File srdef) Initializes any or all of the following files: MRDOC, MRSAB, SRDEF.
static void	initialize(File mrdoc, File mrsab, File srdef, File sty_groups) Initializes any or all of the following files: MRDOC, MRSAB, SRDEF.
static void	initialize(MetaDescription[] meta_dsc) Initializes all of the MetaDescriptions at one time.
static void	initialize(SourceMetaDescription[] source_meta_dsc) Initializes all of the SourceMetaDescriptions at one time.
static void	initialize(STYMetaDescription[] sty_meta_dsc) Initializes all of the STYMetaDescriptions at one time.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

MetaDescriptionInitializer

public MetaDescriptionInitializer()

Instantiates an empty MetaDescriptionInitializer.

Method Detail

initialize

public static void initialize(MetaDescription[] meta_dsc)

Initializes all of the MetaDescriptions at one time.

Parameters:

meta_dsc - an array of MetaDescriptions

Throws:

IllegalStateException - if an attempt is made to call this method more than once

initialize

public static void initialize(STYMetaDescription[] sty_meta_dsc)

Initializes all of the STYMetaDescriptions at one time.

Parameters:

sty_meta_dsc - an array of STYMetaDescriptions

Throws:

IllegalStateException - if an attempt is made to call this method more than once

initialize

public static void initialize(SourceMetaDescription[] source_meta_dsc)

Initializes all of the SourceMetaDescriptions at one time.

Parameters:

source_meta_dsc - an array of SourceMetaDescriptions

Throws:

IllegalStateException - if an attempt is made to call this method more than once

initialize

public static void initialize(File mrdoc,
                              File mrsab,
                              File srdef)
                       throws IOException

Initializes any or all of the following files: MRDOC, MRSAB, SRDEF. BAckwards compatability.

Parameters:

mrdoc - File MRDOC

mrsab - File MRSAB

srdef - File SRDEF

Throws:

IOException

initialize

public static void initialize(File mrdoc,
                              File mrsab,
                              File srdef,
                              File sty_groups)
                       throws IOException

Initializes any or all of the following files: MRDOC, MRSAB, SRDEF.

Parameters:

mrdoc - File MRDOC

mrsab - File MRSAB

srdef - File SRDEF

sty_groups - File SemGroups.txt

Throws:

IOException