public class Output extends SBase
QualitativeSpecies.
Each Output refers to a QualitativeSpecies that participates in (is
affected by) the corresponding Transition. In Petri net models these are
the output places of the transition.
In a logical model, a QualitativeSpecies should be referenced in at most
one ListOfOutputs, (that of the Transition defining the evolution of this
species). When a Transition has several outputs, it is because the
referenced species share the same regulators and the same logical rules.
| Constructor and Description |
|---|
Output()
Creates a new
Output with the given level, version, and package version. |
Output(long level)
Creates a new
Output with the given level, version, and package version. |
Output(long level,
long version)
Creates a new
Output with the given level, version, and package version. |
Output(long level,
long version,
long pkgVersion)
Creates a new
Output with the given level, version, and package version. |
Output(Output orig)
Copy constructor for
Output. |
Output(QualPkgNamespaces qualns)
Creates a new
Output with the given QualPkgNamespaces object. |
| Modifier and Type | Method and Description |
|---|---|
Output |
cloneObject()
Creates and returns a deep copy of this
Output object. |
void |
delete()
Explicitly deletes the underlying native object.
|
java.lang.String |
getElementName()
Returns the XML name of this object.
|
java.lang.String |
getId()
Returns the value of the 'id' attribute of this
Output. |
java.lang.String |
getName()
Returns the value of the 'name' attribute of this
Output object. |
int |
getOutputLevel()
Returns the value of the 'outputLevel' attribute of this
Output. |
java.lang.String |
getQualitativeSpecies()
Returns the value of the 'qualitativeSpecies' attribute of this
Output. |
int |
getTransitionEffect()
Returns the value of the 'transitionEffect' attribute of this
Output. |
int |
getTypeCode()
Returns the libSBML type code of this object instance.
|
boolean |
hasRequiredAttributes()
Predicate returning
true if all the required attributes
for this Output object have been set. |
boolean |
isSetId()
|
boolean |
isSetName()
|
boolean |
isSetOutputLevel()
Predicate returning
true or false depending on whether this
Output's 'outputLevel' attribute has been set. |
boolean |
isSetQualitativeSpecies()
Predicate returning
true or false depending on whether this
Output's 'qualitativeSpecies' attribute has been set. |
boolean |
isSetTransitionEffect()
Predicate returning
true or false depending on whether this
Output's 'transitionEffect' attribute has been set. |
void |
renameSIdRefs(java.lang.String oldid,
java.lang.String newid)
Replaces all uses of a given
SIdRef type attribute value with another
value. |
int |
setId(java.lang.String sid)
Sets the value of the 'id' attribute of this
Output. |
int |
setName(java.lang.String name)
Sets the value of the 'name' attribute of this
Output. |
int |
setOutputLevel(int outputLevel)
Sets the value of the 'outputLevel' attribute of this
Output. |
int |
setQualitativeSpecies(java.lang.String qualitativeSpecies)
Sets the value of the 'qualitativeSpecies' attribute of this
Output. |
int |
setTransitionEffect(int transitionEffect)
Sets the value of the 'transitionEffect' attribute of this
Output. |
int |
unsetId()
Unsets the value of the 'id' attribute of this
Output. |
int |
unsetName()
Unsets the value of the 'name' attribute of this
Output. |
int |
unsetOutputLevel()
Unsets the value of the 'outputLevel' attribute of this
Output. |
int |
unsetQualitativeSpecies()
Unsets the value of the 'qualitativeSpecies' attribute of this
Output. |
int |
unsetTransitionEffect()
Unsets the value of the 'transitionEffect' attribute of this
Output. |
addCVTerm, addCVTerm, appendAnnotation, appendAnnotation, appendNotes, appendNotes, connectToChild, deleteDisabledPlugins, deleteDisabledPlugins, disablePackage, enablePackage, equals, getAncestorOfType, getAncestorOfType, getAnnotation, getAnnotationString, getColumn, getCVTerm, getCVTerms, getDisabledPlugin, getElementByMetaId, getElementBySId, getIdAttribute, getLevel, getLine, getListOfAllElements, getListOfAllElements, getListOfAllElementsFromPlugins, getListOfAllElementsFromPlugins, getMetaId, getModel, getModelHistory, getNamespaces, getNotes, getNotesString, getNumCVTerms, getNumDisabledPlugins, getNumPlugins, getPackageCoreVersion, getPackageName, getPackageVersion, getParentSBMLObject, getPlugin, getPlugin, getPrefix, getResourceBiologicalQualifier, getResourceModelQualifier, getSBMLDocument, getSBOTerm, getSBOTermAsURL, getSBOTermID, getURI, getVersion, hashCode, hasValidLevelVersionNamespaceCombination, isPackageEnabled, isPackageURIEnabled, isPkgEnabled, isPkgURIEnabled, isSetAnnotation, isSetIdAttribute, isSetMetaId, isSetModelHistory, isSetNotes, isSetSBOTerm, isSetUserData, matchesRequiredSBMLNamespacesForAddition, matchesSBMLNamespaces, removeFromParentAndDelete, removeTopLevelAnnotationElement, removeTopLevelAnnotationElement, removeTopLevelAnnotationElement, renameMetaIdRefs, renameUnitSIdRefs, replaceTopLevelAnnotationElement, replaceTopLevelAnnotationElement, setAnnotation, setAnnotation, setIdAttribute, setMetaId, setModelHistory, setNamespaces, setNotes, setNotes, setNotes, setSBOTerm, setSBOTerm, toSBML, toXMLNode, unsetAnnotation, unsetCVTerms, unsetIdAttribute, unsetMetaId, unsetModelHistory, unsetNotes, unsetSBOTerm, unsetUserDatapublic Output(long level, long version, long pkgVersion) throws SBMLConstructorException
Output with the given level, version, and package version.
level - a long integer, the SBML Level to assign to this Output.
version - a long integer, the SBML Version to assign to this Output.
pkgVersion - a long integer, the SBML Qual Version to assign to this Output.
SBMLConstructorExceptionSBMLDocument having a different
combination of SBML Level, Version and XML namespaces than the object
itself will result in an error at the time a caller attempts to make the
addition. A parent object must have compatible Level, Version and XML
namespaces. (Strictly speaking, a parent may also have more XML
namespaces than a child, but the reverse is not permitted.) The
restriction is necessary to ensure that an SBML model has a consistent
overall structure. This requires callers to manage their objects
carefully, but the benefit is increased flexibility in how models can be
created by permitting callers to create objects bottom-up if desired. In
situations where objects are not yet attached to parents (e.g.,
SBMLDocument), knowledge of the intented SBML Level and Version help
libSBML determine such things as whether it is valid to assign a
particular value to an attribute. For packages, this means that the
parent object to which this package element is being added must have
been created with the package namespace, or that the package namespace
was added to it, even if that parent is not a package object itself.public Output(long level, long version) throws SBMLConstructorException
Output with the given level, version, and package version.
level - a long integer, the SBML Level to assign to this Output.
version - a long integer, the SBML Version to assign to this Output.
pkgVersion - a long integer, the SBML Qual Version to assign to this Output.
SBMLConstructorExceptionSBMLDocument having a different
combination of SBML Level, Version and XML namespaces than the object
itself will result in an error at the time a caller attempts to make the
addition. A parent object must have compatible Level, Version and XML
namespaces. (Strictly speaking, a parent may also have more XML
namespaces than a child, but the reverse is not permitted.) The
restriction is necessary to ensure that an SBML model has a consistent
overall structure. This requires callers to manage their objects
carefully, but the benefit is increased flexibility in how models can be
created by permitting callers to create objects bottom-up if desired. In
situations where objects are not yet attached to parents (e.g.,
SBMLDocument), knowledge of the intented SBML Level and Version help
libSBML determine such things as whether it is valid to assign a
particular value to an attribute. For packages, this means that the
parent object to which this package element is being added must have
been created with the package namespace, or that the package namespace
was added to it, even if that parent is not a package object itself.public Output(long level) throws SBMLConstructorException
Output with the given level, version, and package version.
level - a long integer, the SBML Level to assign to this Output.
version - a long integer, the SBML Version to assign to this Output.
pkgVersion - a long integer, the SBML Qual Version to assign to this Output.
SBMLConstructorExceptionSBMLDocument having a different
combination of SBML Level, Version and XML namespaces than the object
itself will result in an error at the time a caller attempts to make the
addition. A parent object must have compatible Level, Version and XML
namespaces. (Strictly speaking, a parent may also have more XML
namespaces than a child, but the reverse is not permitted.) The
restriction is necessary to ensure that an SBML model has a consistent
overall structure. This requires callers to manage their objects
carefully, but the benefit is increased flexibility in how models can be
created by permitting callers to create objects bottom-up if desired. In
situations where objects are not yet attached to parents (e.g.,
SBMLDocument), knowledge of the intented SBML Level and Version help
libSBML determine such things as whether it is valid to assign a
particular value to an attribute. For packages, this means that the
parent object to which this package element is being added must have
been created with the package namespace, or that the package namespace
was added to it, even if that parent is not a package object itself.public Output() throws SBMLConstructorException
Output with the given level, version, and package version.
level - a long integer, the SBML Level to assign to this Output.
version - a long integer, the SBML Version to assign to this Output.
pkgVersion - a long integer, the SBML Qual Version to assign to this Output.
SBMLConstructorExceptionSBMLDocument having a different
combination of SBML Level, Version and XML namespaces than the object
itself will result in an error at the time a caller attempts to make the
addition. A parent object must have compatible Level, Version and XML
namespaces. (Strictly speaking, a parent may also have more XML
namespaces than a child, but the reverse is not permitted.) The
restriction is necessary to ensure that an SBML model has a consistent
overall structure. This requires callers to manage their objects
carefully, but the benefit is increased flexibility in how models can be
created by permitting callers to create objects bottom-up if desired. In
situations where objects are not yet attached to parents (e.g.,
SBMLDocument), knowledge of the intented SBML Level and Version help
libSBML determine such things as whether it is valid to assign a
particular value to an attribute. For packages, this means that the
parent object to which this package element is being added must have
been created with the package namespace, or that the package namespace
was added to it, even if that parent is not a package object itself.public Output(QualPkgNamespaces qualns) throws SBMLConstructorException
Output with the given QualPkgNamespaces object.
The package namespaces object used in this constructor is derived from a
SBMLNamespaces object, which encapsulates SBML Level/Version/namespaces
information. It is used to communicate the SBML Level, Version, and
package version and name information used in addition to SBML Level 3 Core. A
common approach to using libSBML's SBMLNamespaces facilities is to create an
package namespace object somewhere in a program once, then hand that object
as needed to object constructors of that package that accept it as and
argument, such as this one.
qualns - the QualPkgNamespaces object.
SBMLConstructorExceptionSBMLDocument having a different
combination of SBML Level, Version and XML namespaces than the object
itself will result in an error at the time a caller attempts to make the
addition. A parent object must have compatible Level, Version and XML
namespaces. (Strictly speaking, a parent may also have more XML
namespaces than a child, but the reverse is not permitted.) The
restriction is necessary to ensure that an SBML model has a consistent
overall structure. This requires callers to manage their objects
carefully, but the benefit is increased flexibility in how models can be
created by permitting callers to create objects bottom-up if desired. In
situations where objects are not yet attached to parents (e.g.,
SBMLDocument), knowledge of the intented SBML Level and Version help
libSBML determine such things as whether it is valid to assign a
particular value to an attribute. For packages, this means that the
parent object to which this package element is being added must have
been created with the package namespace, or that the package namespace
was added to it, even if that parent is not a package object itself.public Output(Output orig) throws SBMLConstructorException
Output.
orig - the Output instance to copy.SBMLConstructorExceptionpublic void delete()
In general, application software will not need to call this method directly. The Java language binding for libSBML is implemented as a language wrapper that provides a Java interface to libSBML's underlying C++/C code. Some of the Java methods return objects that are linked to objects created not by Java code, but by C++ code. The Java objects wrapped around them will be deleted when the garbage collector invokes the corresponding C++ finalize() methods for the objects. The finalize() methods in turn call the Output.delete() method on the libSBML object.
This method is exposed in case calling programs want to ensure that the underlying object is freed immediately, and not at some arbitrary time determined by the Java garbage collector. In normal usage, callers do not need to invoke Output.delete() themselves.
public Output cloneObject()
Output object.
cloneObject in class SBaseOutput object.public java.lang.String getId()
Output.
getId in class SBaseOutput.
SBase.getIdAttribute(),
SBase.setIdAttribute(String sid),
SBase.isSetIdAttribute(),
SBase.unsetIdAttribute()
The identifier given by an object's 'id' attribute value
is used to identify the object within the SBML model definition.
Other objects can refer to the component using this identifier. The
data type of 'id' is always SId or a type derived
from that, such as UnitSId, depending on the object in
question. All data types are defined as follows:
letter .= 'a'..'z','A'..'Z' digit .= '0'..'9' idChar .= letter | digit | '_' SId .= ( letter | '_' ) idChar*
The characters ( and ) are used for grouping, the
character * 'zero or more times', and the character
| indicates logical 'or'. The equality of SBML identifiers is
determined by an exact character sequence match i.e., comparisons must be
performed in a case-sensitive manner. This applies to all uses of SId,
SIdRef, and derived types.
In SBML Level 3 Version 2, the 'id' and 'name' attributes were
moved to SBase directly, instead of being defined individually for many
(but not all) objects. Libsbml has for a long time provided functions
defined on SBase itself to get, set, check, and unset those attributes, which
would fail or otherwise return empty strings if executed on any object
for which those attributes were not defined. Now that all SBase objects
define those attributes, those functions now succeed for any object with
the appropriate level and version.
The exception to this rule is that for InitialAssignment, EventAssignment,
AssignmentRule, and RateRule objects, the getId() function and the isSetId()
functions (though not the setId() or unsetId() functions) would instead
reference the value of the 'variable' attribute (for the rules and event
assignments) or the 'symbol' attribute (for initial assignments).
The AlgebraicRule fell into this category as well, though because it
contained neither a 'variable' nor a 'symbol' attribute, getId() would
always return an empty string, and isSetId() would always return false.
For this reason, four new functions are now provided
(getIdAttribute(), setIdAttribute(String),
isSetIdAttribute(), and unsetIdAttribute()) that will always
act on the actual 'id' attribute, regardless of the object's type. The
new functions should be used instead of the old ones unless the old behavior
is somehow necessary.
Regardless of the level and version of the SBML, these functions allow client applications to use more generalized code in some situations (for instance, when manipulating objects that are all known to have identifiers). If the object in question does not posess an 'id' attribute according to the SBML specification for the Level and Version in use, libSBML will not allow the identifier to be set, nor will it read or write 'id' attributes for those objects.
public java.lang.String getQualitativeSpecies()
Output.
Output as a string.public int getTransitionEffect()
Output.
Output as a string.public java.lang.String getName()
Output object.
In SBML Level 3 Version 2, the 'id' and 'name' attributes were
moved to SBase directly, instead of being defined individually for many
(but not all) objects. Libsbml has for a long time provided functions
defined on SBase itself to get, set, and unset those attributes, which
would fail or otherwise return empty strings if executed on any object
for which those attributes were not defined. Now that all SBase objects
define those attributes, those functions now succeed for any object with
the appropriate level and version.
The 'name' attribute is
optional and is not intended to be used for cross-referencing purposes
within a model. Its purpose instead is to provide a human-readable
label for the component. The data type of 'name' is the type
string defined in XML Schema. SBML imposes no
restrictions as to the content of 'name' attributes beyond those
restrictions defined by the string type in XML Schema.
The recommended practice for handling 'name' is as follows. If a software tool has the capability for displaying the content of 'name' attributes, it should display this content to the user as a component's label instead of the component's 'id'. If the user interface does not have this capability (e.g., because it cannot display or use special characters in symbol names), or if the 'name' attribute is missing on a given component, then the user interface should display the value of the 'id' attribute instead. (Script language interpreters are especially likely to display 'id' instead of 'name'.)
As a consequence of the above, authors of systems that automatically generate the values of 'id' attributes should be aware some systems may display the 'id''s to the user. Authors therefore may wish to take some care to have their software create 'id' values that are: (a) reasonably easy for humans to type and read and (b) likely to be meaningful, for example by making the 'id' attribute be an abbreviated form of the name attribute value.
An additional point worth mentioning is although there are restrictions on the uniqueness of 'id' values, there are no restrictions on the uniqueness of 'name' values in a model. This allows software applications leeway in assigning component identifiers.
Regardless of the level and version of the SBML, these functions allow client applications to use more generalized code in some situations (for instance, when manipulating objects that are all known to have names). If the object in question does not posess a 'name' attribute according to the SBML specification for the Level and Version in use, libSBML will not allow the name to be set, nor will it read or write 'name' attributes for those objects.
getName in class SBaseSBase.getIdAttribute(),
Output.isSetName(),
Output.setName(String sid),
Output.unsetName()public int getOutputLevel()
Output.
Output as a integer.public boolean isSetId()
isSetId in class SBasetrue if the 'id' attribute of this SBML object is
set, false otherwise.
SBase.getIdAttribute(),
SBase.setIdAttribute(String sid),
SBase.unsetIdAttribute(),
SBase.isSetIdAttribute()
The identifier given by an object's 'id' attribute value
is used to identify the object within the SBML model definition.
Other objects can refer to the component using this identifier. The
data type of 'id' is always SId or a type derived
from that, such as UnitSId, depending on the object in
question. All data types are defined as follows:
letter .= 'a'..'z','A'..'Z' digit .= '0'..'9' idChar .= letter | digit | '_' SId .= ( letter | '_' ) idChar*
The characters ( and ) are used for grouping, the
character * 'zero or more times', and the character
| indicates logical 'or'. The equality of SBML identifiers is
determined by an exact character sequence match i.e., comparisons must be
performed in a case-sensitive manner. This applies to all uses of SId,
SIdRef, and derived types.
In SBML Level 3 Version 2, the 'id' and 'name' attributes were
moved to SBase directly, instead of being defined individually for many
(but not all) objects. Libsbml has for a long time provided functions
defined on SBase itself to get, set, check, and unset those attributes, which
would fail or otherwise return empty strings if executed on any object
for which those attributes were not defined. Now that all SBase objects
define those attributes, those functions now succeed for any object with
the appropriate level and version.
The exception to this rule is that for InitialAssignment, EventAssignment,
AssignmentRule, and RateRule objects, the getId() function and the isSetId()
functions (though not the setId() or unsetId() functions) would instead
reference the value of the 'variable' attribute (for the rules and event
assignments) or the 'symbol' attribute (for initial assignments).
The AlgebraicRule fell into this category as well, though because it
contained neither a 'variable' nor a 'symbol' attribute, getId() would
always return an empty string, and isSetId() would always return false.
For this reason, four new functions are now provided
(getIdAttribute(), setIdAttribute(String),
isSetIdAttribute(), and unsetIdAttribute()) that will always
act on the actual 'id' attribute, regardless of the object's type. The
new functions should be used instead of the old ones unless the old behavior
is somehow necessary.
Regardless of the level and version of the SBML, these functions allow client applications to use more generalized code in some situations (for instance, when manipulating objects that are all known to have identifiers). If the object in question does not posess an 'id' attribute according to the SBML specification for the Level and Version in use, libSBML will not allow the identifier to be set, nor will it read or write 'id' attributes for those objects.
public boolean isSetQualitativeSpecies()
true or false depending on whether this
Output's 'qualitativeSpecies' attribute has been set.
true if this Output's 'qualitativeSpecies' attribute has been set,
otherwise false is returned.public boolean isSetTransitionEffect()
true or false depending on whether this
Output's 'transitionEffect' attribute has been set.
true if this Output's 'transitionEffect' attribute has been set,
otherwise false is returned.public boolean isSetName()
true or false depending on whether this
Output's 'name' attribute has been set.
In SBML Level 3 Version 2, the 'id' and 'name' attributes were
moved to SBase directly, instead of being defined individually for many
(but not all) objects. Libsbml has for a long time provided functions
defined on SBase itself to get, set, and unset those attributes, which
would fail or otherwise return empty strings if executed on any object
for which those attributes were not defined. Now that all SBase objects
define those attributes, those functions now succeed for any object with
the appropriate level and version.
The 'name' attribute is
optional and is not intended to be used for cross-referencing purposes
within a model. Its purpose instead is to provide a human-readable
label for the component. The data type of 'name' is the type
string defined in XML Schema. SBML imposes no
restrictions as to the content of 'name' attributes beyond those
restrictions defined by the string type in XML Schema.
The recommended practice for handling 'name' is as follows. If a software tool has the capability for displaying the content of 'name' attributes, it should display this content to the user as a component's label instead of the component's 'id'. If the user interface does not have this capability (e.g., because it cannot display or use special characters in symbol names), or if the 'name' attribute is missing on a given component, then the user interface should display the value of the 'id' attribute instead. (Script language interpreters are especially likely to display 'id' instead of 'name'.)
As a consequence of the above, authors of systems that automatically generate the values of 'id' attributes should be aware some systems may display the 'id''s to the user. Authors therefore may wish to take some care to have their software create 'id' values that are: (a) reasonably easy for humans to type and read and (b) likely to be meaningful, for example by making the 'id' attribute be an abbreviated form of the name attribute value.
An additional point worth mentioning is although there are restrictions on the uniqueness of 'id' values, there are no restrictions on the uniqueness of 'name' values in a model. This allows software applications leeway in assigning component identifiers.
Regardless of the level and version of the SBML, these functions allow client applications to use more generalized code in some situations (for instance, when manipulating objects that are all known to have names). If the object in question does not posess a 'name' attribute according to the SBML specification for the Level and Version in use, libSBML will not allow the name to be set, nor will it read or write 'name' attributes for those objects.
isSetName in class SBasetrue if the 'name' attribute of this SBML object is
set, false otherwise.
Output.getName(),
Output.setName(String sid),
Output.unsetName()public boolean isSetOutputLevel()
true or false depending on whether this
Output's 'outputLevel' attribute has been set.
true if this Output's 'outputLevel' attribute has been set,
otherwise false is returned.public int setId(java.lang.String sid)
Output.
The string sid is copied.
The identifier given by an object's 'id' attribute value
is used to identify the object within the SBML model definition.
Other objects can refer to the component using this identifier. The
data type of 'id' is always SId or a type derived
from that, such as UnitSId, depending on the object in
question. All data types are defined as follows:
letter .= 'a'..'z','A'..'Z' digit .= '0'..'9' idChar .= letter | digit | '_' SId .= ( letter | '_' ) idChar*
The characters ( and ) are used for grouping, the
character * 'zero or more times', and the character
| indicates logical 'or'. The equality of SBML identifiers is
determined by an exact character sequence match i.e., comparisons must be
performed in a case-sensitive manner. This applies to all uses of SId,
SIdRef, and derived types.
In SBML Level 3 Version 2, the 'id' and 'name' attributes were
moved to SBase directly, instead of being defined individually for many
(but not all) objects. Libsbml has for a long time provided functions
defined on SBase itself to get, set, check, and unset those attributes, which
would fail or otherwise return empty strings if executed on any object
for which those attributes were not defined. Now that all SBase objects
define those attributes, those functions now succeed for any object with
the appropriate level and version.
The exception to this rule is that for InitialAssignment, EventAssignment,
AssignmentRule, and RateRule objects, the getId() function and the isSetId()
functions (though not the setId() or unsetId() functions) would instead
reference the value of the 'variable' attribute (for the rules and event
assignments) or the 'symbol' attribute (for initial assignments).
The AlgebraicRule fell into this category as well, though because it
contained neither a 'variable' nor a 'symbol' attribute, getId() would
always return an empty string, and isSetId() would always return false.
For this reason, four new functions are now provided
(getIdAttribute(), setIdAttribute(String),
isSetIdAttribute(), and unsetIdAttribute()) that will always
act on the actual 'id' attribute, regardless of the object's type. The
new functions should be used instead of the old ones unless the old behavior
is somehow necessary.
Regardless of the level and version of the SBML, these functions allow client applications to use more generalized code in some situations (for instance, when manipulating objects that are all known to have identifiers). If the object in question does not posess an 'id' attribute according to the SBML specification for the Level and Version in use, libSBML will not allow the identifier to be set, nor will it read or write 'id' attributes for those objects.
setId in class SBasesid - the string to use as the identifier of this object.
SBase.getIdAttribute(),
SBase.setIdAttribute(String sid),
SBase.isSetIdAttribute(),
SBase.unsetIdAttribute()public int setQualitativeSpecies(java.lang.String qualitativeSpecies)
Output.
qualitativeSpecies - the value of the 'qualitativeSpecies' attribute to be set.
public int setTransitionEffect(int transitionEffect)
Output.
transitionEffect - the value of the 'transitionEffect' attribute to be set.
public int setName(java.lang.String name)
public int setOutputLevel(int outputLevel)
Output.
outputLevel - int value of the 'outputLevel' attribute to be set.
public int unsetId()
Output.
The identifier given by an object's 'id' attribute value
is used to identify the object within the SBML model definition.
Other objects can refer to the component using this identifier. The
data type of 'id' is always SId or a type derived
from that, such as UnitSId, depending on the object in
question. All data types are defined as follows:
letter .= 'a'..'z','A'..'Z' digit .= '0'..'9' idChar .= letter | digit | '_' SId .= ( letter | '_' ) idChar*
The characters ( and ) are used for grouping, the
character * 'zero or more times', and the character
| indicates logical 'or'. The equality of SBML identifiers is
determined by an exact character sequence match i.e., comparisons must be
performed in a case-sensitive manner. This applies to all uses of SId,
SIdRef, and derived types.
In SBML Level 3 Version 2, the 'id' and 'name' attributes were
moved to SBase directly, instead of being defined individually for many
(but not all) objects. Libsbml has for a long time provided functions
defined on SBase itself to get, set, check, and unset those attributes, which
would fail or otherwise return empty strings if executed on any object
for which those attributes were not defined. Now that all SBase objects
define those attributes, those functions now succeed for any object with
the appropriate level and version.
The exception to this rule is that for InitialAssignment, EventAssignment,
AssignmentRule, and RateRule objects, the getId() function and the isSetId()
functions (though not the setId() or unsetId() functions) would instead
reference the value of the 'variable' attribute (for the rules and event
assignments) or the 'symbol' attribute (for initial assignments).
The AlgebraicRule fell into this category as well, though because it
contained neither a 'variable' nor a 'symbol' attribute, getId() would
always return an empty string, and isSetId() would always return false.
For this reason, four new functions are now provided
(getIdAttribute(), setIdAttribute(String),
isSetIdAttribute(), and unsetIdAttribute()) that will always
act on the actual 'id' attribute, regardless of the object's type. The
new functions should be used instead of the old ones unless the old behavior
is somehow necessary.
Regardless of the level and version of the SBML, these functions allow client applications to use more generalized code in some situations (for instance, when manipulating objects that are all known to have identifiers). If the object in question does not posess an 'id' attribute according to the SBML specification for the Level and Version in use, libSBML will not allow the identifier to be set, nor will it read or write 'id' attributes for those objects.
unsetId in class SBaseSBase.getIdAttribute(),
SBase.setIdAttribute(String sid),
SBase.isSetIdAttribute(),
SBase.unsetIdAttribute()public int unsetQualitativeSpecies()
Output.
public int unsetTransitionEffect()
Output.
public int unsetName()
Output.
In SBML Level 3 Version 2, the 'id' and 'name' attributes were
moved to SBase directly, instead of being defined individually for many
(but not all) objects. Libsbml has for a long time provided functions
defined on SBase itself to get, set, and unset those attributes, which
would fail or otherwise return empty strings if executed on any object
for which those attributes were not defined. Now that all SBase objects
define those attributes, those functions now succeed for any object with
the appropriate level and version.
The 'name' attribute is
optional and is not intended to be used for cross-referencing purposes
within a model. Its purpose instead is to provide a human-readable
label for the component. The data type of 'name' is the type
string defined in XML Schema. SBML imposes no
restrictions as to the content of 'name' attributes beyond those
restrictions defined by the string type in XML Schema.
The recommended practice for handling 'name' is as follows. If a software tool has the capability for displaying the content of 'name' attributes, it should display this content to the user as a component's label instead of the component's 'id'. If the user interface does not have this capability (e.g., because it cannot display or use special characters in symbol names), or if the 'name' attribute is missing on a given component, then the user interface should display the value of the 'id' attribute instead. (Script language interpreters are especially likely to display 'id' instead of 'name'.)
As a consequence of the above, authors of systems that automatically generate the values of 'id' attributes should be aware some systems may display the 'id''s to the user. Authors therefore may wish to take some care to have their software create 'id' values that are: (a) reasonably easy for humans to type and read and (b) likely to be meaningful, for example by making the 'id' attribute be an abbreviated form of the name attribute value.
An additional point worth mentioning is although there are restrictions on the uniqueness of 'id' values, there are no restrictions on the uniqueness of 'name' values in a model. This allows software applications leeway in assigning component identifiers.
Regardless of the level and version of the SBML, these functions allow client applications to use more generalized code in some situations (for instance, when manipulating objects that are all known to have names). If the object in question does not posess a 'name' attribute according to the SBML specification for the Level and Version in use, libSBML will not allow the name to be set, nor will it read or write 'name' attributes for those objects.
unsetName in class SBaseOutput.getName(),
Output.setName(String sid),
Output.isSetName()public int unsetOutputLevel()
Output.
public void renameSIdRefs(java.lang.String oldid, java.lang.String newid)
Replaces all uses of a given SIdRef type attribute value with another
value.
In SBML, object identifiers are of a data type called SId.
In SBML Level 3, an explicit data type called SIdRef was
introduced for attribute values that refer to SId values in
previous Levels of SBML, this data type did not exist and attributes were
simply described to as 'referring to an identifier', but the effective
data type was the same as SIdRef in Level 3. These and
other methods of libSBML refer to the type SIdRef for all
Levels of SBML, even if the corresponding SBML specification did not
explicitly name the data type.
This method works by looking at all attributes and (if appropriate)
mathematical formulas in MathML content, comparing the referenced
identifiers to the value of oldid. If any matches are found, the
matching values are replaced with newid. The method does not
descend into child elements.
renameSIdRefs in class SBaseoldid - the old identifier.newid - the new identifier.public java.lang.String getElementName()
getElementName in class SBasepublic int getTypeCode()
LibSBML attaches an identifying code to every kind of SBML object. These
are integer constants known as SBML type codes. The names of all
the codes begin with the characters SBML_.
In the Java language interface for libSBML, the
type codes are defined as static integer constants in the interface class
libsbmlConstants. Note that different Level 3
package plug-ins may use overlapping type codes to identify the package
to which a given object belongs, call the
method on the object.
SBase.getPackageName()
getTypeCode in class SBaseSBML_QUAL_OUTPUT
Output.getElementName(),
SBase.getPackageName()public boolean hasRequiredAttributes()
true if all the required attributes
for this Output object have been set.
hasRequiredAttributes in class SBaseOutput object are: