gov.nih.nlm.umls.io
Interface MetathesaurusOutputStream

All Superinterfaces:

ConceptOutputStream, LocalNullValueSupport

All Known Subinterfaces:

MetamorphoSysOutputStream

All Known Implementing Classes:

OriginalMRMetamorphoSysOutputStream, OriginalMRMetathesaurusOutputStream, RichMRMetamorphoSysOutputStream, RichMRMetathesaurusOutputStream

public interface MetathesaurusOutputStream
extends ConceptOutputStream

Generically represents a way for writing the Metathesaurus to some output source. The input could be files, a database, or pretty much anything else.

Author:

Deborah Shapiro

Method Summary

void	setCandidateAmbiguousStringIdentifiers(List suis) Sets the list of suis that are candidates to be ambiguous.
void	setCandidateAmbiguousStringIdentifiers(String[] suis) Sets the list of suis that are candidates to be ambiguous.
void	setCandidateAmbiguousTermIdentifiers(List luis) Sets the list of terms that are candidates to be ambiguous.
void	setCandidateAmbiguousTermIdentifiers(String[] luis) Sets the list of terms that are candidates to be ambiguous.
void	writeIndexEntry(IndexEntry index_entry) Writes an IndexEntry to the output stream.
void	writeReleaseMetadata(ReleaseMetadata release_metadata) Write the ReleaseMetadata to the output stream.

Methods inherited from interface gov.nih.nlm.umls.io.ConceptOutputStream

close, getWarnings, open, writeConcept

Methods inherited from interface gov.nih.nlm.util.LocalNullValueSupport

getNullValue, isEmptyValue, setNullValue

Method Detail

writeIndexEntry

void writeIndexEntry(IndexEntry index_entry)
                     throws IOException

Writes an IndexEntry to the output stream.

Parameters:

index_entry - the IndexEntry to write out

Throws:

IOException - if there is a problem reading the index entry

writeReleaseMetadata

void writeReleaseMetadata(ReleaseMetadata release_metadata)
                          throws IOException

Write the ReleaseMetadata to the output stream.

Parameters:

release_metadata - the ReleaseMetadata to write out

Throws:

IOException - if there is a problem reading the release metadata

setCandidateAmbiguousStringIdentifiers

void setCandidateAmbiguousStringIdentifiers(String[] suis)

Sets the list of suis that are candidates to be ambiguous.

Parameters:

suis - the list of suis that are candidates to be ambiguous

setCandidateAmbiguousStringIdentifiers

void setCandidateAmbiguousStringIdentifiers(List suis)

Sets the list of suis that are candidates to be ambiguous.

Parameters:

suis - the list of suis that are candidates to be ambiguous

setCandidateAmbiguousTermIdentifiers

void setCandidateAmbiguousTermIdentifiers(String[] luis)

Sets the list of terms that are candidates to be ambiguous.

Parameters:

luis - the list of terms that are candidates to be ambiguous

setCandidateAmbiguousTermIdentifiers

void setCandidateAmbiguousTermIdentifiers(List luis)

Sets the list of terms that are candidates to be ambiguous.

Parameters:

luis - the list of terms that are candidates to be ambiguous