Package org.cytoscape.io.webservice

Interface WebServiceClient

All Known Implementing Classes:
AbstractWebServiceClient, AbstractWebServiceGUIClient
public interface WebServiceClient
Thin wrapper for SOAP/REST web service clients. All web service clients must implement this interface.

Cytoscape Backwards Compatibility (SPI Interface): We expect that this interface will be implemented. Therefore to maintain backwards compatibility this interface will only be modified for major version updates.

Module: webservice-api

To use this in your app, include the following dependency in your POM:

<dependency>
    <groupId>org.cytoscape</groupId>
    <artifactId>webservice-api</artifactId>
</dependency>

  • Method Details

    • getServiceLocation

      URI getServiceLocation()
      Returns resource location of this service, i.e., service URL. This is guaranteed to be globally unique and can be used as identifier.
      Returns:
      URI of the service.

    • getDisplayName

      String getDisplayName()
      Returns display name of this client. This is more human readable name for this client. This may not be unique.
      Returns:
      display name for this client.

    • getDescription

      String getDescription()
      Get human-readable description of this client.
      Returns:
      Description as a string. Users should write parser for this return value.

    • createTaskIterator

      TaskIterator createTaskIterator(Object query)
      Set query for the tasks to be executed.
      Parameters:
      query - query object. This is client-dependent.