de.bioforscher.singa.core.identifier

Class InChIKey

java.lang.Object

de.bioforscher.singa.core.identifier.model.AbstractIdentifier

de.bioforscher.singa.core.identifier.InChIKey

All Implemented Interfaces:

Identifier

public class InChIKey
extends AbstractIdentifier

The IUPAC International Chemical Identifier is a textual identifier for chemical substances, designed to provide a standard way to encode molecular information and to facilitate the search for such information in databases and on the web.

The InChIKey is a short, fixed-length character signature based on a hash code of the InChI string.

Author:

cl

See Also:

Enzyme Nomenclature

Field Summary

Fields

Modifier and Type	Field and Description
static Pattern	PATTERN The pattern to verify the identifier.

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
InChIKey(String identifier) Creates a new identifier.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
static boolean	check(Identifier identifier) Returns true, if the identifier is valid.
static Pattern	getPattern() Returns the pattern used to validate the identifier.

Methods inherited from class de.bioforscher.singa.core.identifier.model.AbstractIdentifier

equals, getIdentifier, hashCode, toString

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, finalize, getClass, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Field Detail

PATTERN

public static final Pattern PATTERN

The pattern to verify the identifier.

Constructor Detail

InChIKey

public InChIKey(String identifier)
         throws IllegalArgumentException

Creates a new identifier.

Parameters:

identifier - The identifier.

Throws:

IllegalArgumentException - If the identifier not valid.

Method Detail

check

public static boolean check(Identifier identifier)

Returns true, if the identifier is valid.

Parameters:

identifier - The identifier.

Returns:

True, if the identifier is valid.

getPattern

public static Pattern getPattern()

Returns the pattern used to validate the identifier.

Returns:

The pattern used to validate the identifier.