org.apache.taverna.annotation

Interface AnnotationChain

All Known Implementing Classes:

AnnotationChainImpl

public interface AnnotationChain

A fact about an annotated entity is expressed in terms of an annotation chain. The annotation chain contains one or more information assertions in a list ordered by the creation date of each assertion. Annotation chains are then interpreted by an AnnotationPerspective which is responsible for reasoning over the information in the chain and extracting the set of information assertions that are valid according to the rules in the particular AnnotationPerspective.

Author:

Tom Oinn

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
List<AnnotationAssertion<?>>	getAssertions() Returns the ordered list of AnnotationAssertions.

Method Detail

getAssertions

List<AnnotationAssertion<?>> getAssertions()

Returns the ordered list of AnnotationAssertions. This is the 'raw' set of annotations in creation order - this order is not necessarily the order they were curated, and may include refuted or otherwise wrong annotations. Consumers of this API are recommended to use an AnnotationPerspective to resolve any such conflicts appropriately.

Returns:

read only copy of the ordered list of AnnotationAssertion instances