loci.formats

Class ResourceNamer

java.lang.Object

loci.formats.ResourceNamer

public class ResourceNamer
extends Object

Utility class helping with generating human-readable resource names based on alphanumeric indexing.

Since:

5.0

Author:

Blazej Pindelski, bpindelski at dundee.ac.uk

Field Summary

Fields

Modifier and Type	Field and Description
private static int	ALPHABET_LENGTH
static String	DOT
static String	FAKE_EXT
static String	FIELD
private char	letter
static String	PLATE
private int	resourceCount
static String	RUN
private char	tmpLetter
static String	WELL

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
ResourceNamer(int resourceCount)

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
static int	alphabeticIndexCount(String index)
String	getLetter() Returns a String representing a single letter (in the case where the class instance has been initialized with a resource count lower than 26) or a concatenation of two letters (if resource count is higher than 26).
loci.common.Location	getLocationFromResourceName(loci.common.Location resourceParentPath, String resourceName, int nameIndex, String resourceExtension) Creates a new Location instance using the provided parent path and child node name.
void	nextLetter() Increments the internal alphabet pointer to the next element of the alphabet.
void	restartAlphabet() Resets the internal state of the class so that it starts alphabet generation from the first letter (ASCII A).

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Field Detail

PLATE

public static final String PLATE

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RUN

public static final String RUN

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WELL

public static final String WELL

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FIELD

public static final String FIELD

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Constant Field Values

FAKE_EXT

public static final String FAKE_EXT

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DOT

public static final String DOT

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Constant Field Values

ALPHABET_LENGTH

private static final int ALPHABET_LENGTH

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Constant Field Values

resourceCount

private int resourceCount

letter

private char letter

tmpLetter

private char tmpLetter

Constructor Detail

ResourceNamer

public ResourceNamer(int resourceCount)

Method Detail

getLocationFromResourceName

public loci.common.Location getLocationFromResourceName(loci.common.Location resourceParentPath,
                                                        String resourceName,
                                                        int nameIndex,
                                                        String resourceExtension)

Creates a new Location instance using the provided parent path and child node name. Concatenates the child name with a numerical index that acts as an incrementing counter of node elements.

Parameters:

resourceParentPath - Path to the parent element.

resourceName - Template string used for naming the child resource.

nameIndex - Numerical value used for naming the child resource.

resourceExtension - Optional extension (if the child resource is a file) or path separator (if folder).

Returns:

Location New instance representing the parent and child resources.

restartAlphabet

public void restartAlphabet()

Resets the internal state of the class so that it starts alphabet generation from the first letter (ASCII A).

nextLetter

public void nextLetter()

Increments the internal alphabet pointer to the next element of the alphabet.

getLetter

public String getLetter()

Returns a String representing a single letter (in the case where the class instance has been initialized with a resource count lower than 26) or a concatenation of two letters (if resource count is higher than 26).

Returns:

See above.

alphabeticIndexCount

public static int alphabeticIndexCount(String index)