DataSource (Cytoscape Swing App API (swing-app-api) 3.8.0 API)

All Known Implementing Classes:

DefaultDataSource
```
public interface DataSource
```
Immutable data source object, which represents one data file associated with an URL.
Module: datasource-api
To use this in your app, include the following dependency in your POM:
```
<dependency>
    <groupId>org.cytoscape</groupId>
    <artifactId>datasource-api</artifactId>
</dependency>
```
Cytoscape Backwards Compatibility (API Interface): We expect that this interface will be used but not implemented by developers using this interface. As such, we reserve the right to add methods to the interface as part of minor version upgrades. We will not remove methods for any changes other than major version upgrades.

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`DataCategory`	`getDataCategory()`	`DataCategory` of this data.
`String`	`getDescription()`	Description for this data.
`URL`	`getLocation()`	Location of this data file.
`String`	`getName()`	Name of this data source
`String`	`getProvider()`	Name of this data provider for this source.

- Method Detail
  - getProvider
```
String getProvider()
```
    Name of this data provider for this source. Usually, this is an database name or organization name providing set of data.
    
    Returns:
    
    Name of data provider
  - getName
```
String getName()
```
    Name of this data source
    
    Returns:
    
    Name of this data source
  - getDescription
```
String getDescription()
```
    Description for this data.
    
    Returns:
    
    description
  - getDataCategory
```
DataCategory getDataCategory()
```
    DataCategory of this data.
    
    Returns:
    
    category of this data file.
  - getLocation
```
URL getLocation()
```
    Location of this data file.
    
    Returns:
    
    URL of this data file