org.intermine.api.util
Class PathUtil

java.lang.Object
  org.intermine.api.util.PathUtil

public final class PathUtil
extends java.lang.Object

Utility methods for Paths

Method Summary

static boolean	canAssignObjectToType(java.lang.Class<?> cls, InterMineObject obj) Return true if given type (of a constraint) can be assigned to the InterMineObject - i.e.
static java.lang.Object	resolvePath(Path path, java.lang.Object o) Return the object at the end of a given path, starting from the given object.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Method Detail

resolvePath

public static java.lang.Object resolvePath(Path path,
                                           java.lang.Object o)
                                    throws PathException

Return the object at the end of a given path, starting from the given object.

Parameters:

path - the path to resolve

o - the start object

Returns:

the attribute, object or collection at the end of the path

Throws:

PathException - if the path does not match the object type

canAssignObjectToType

public static boolean canAssignObjectToType(java.lang.Class<?> cls,
                                            InterMineObject obj)

Return true if given type (of a constraint) can be assigned to the InterMineObject - i.e. if the class or any superclass of the InterMineObject are the type. Type can be a qualified or unqualified class name.

Parameters:

cls - the class in the model that will be assigned to

obj - the InterMineObject to check

Returns:

a boolean