org.wwbota.identification
Interface Taxonomy

All Known Implementing Classes:

SimpleTaxonomy

public interface Taxonomy

A Taxonomy is an aggregation of Descriptions of Taxa and Character objects

Method Summary

java.util.Map	getCharacters()
java.util.Map	getDescriptions()
void	load(java.lang.String fileName) Loads (or merge) a complete dataset from file (XDELTA or other format according to XML namespace)

Method Detail

load

public void load(java.lang.String fileName)

Loads (or merge) a complete dataset from file (XDELTA or other format according to XML namespace)

getCharacters

public java.util.Map getCharacters()

Returns:

a Map of Character objects; the key is the unique name for the Character. So, using the Map API, you can use this to access the Character object by its name: (Character)myTaxonomy.getCharacters().get(name);

getDescriptions

public java.util.Map getDescriptions()

Returns:

a Map of Description objects; the key is the unique name for the item (Taxon) being described