[Biojava-l] URN/URI?

[Thomas Down]

On Wed, Jan 10, 2001 at 11:35:11AM +1300, Mark Schreiber wrote:
> Another newbie question,
> 
> What is the URN parameter in SimpleSequence? Is it the same as the URI
> parameter in SimpleSequenceFactory? Is this documented elsewhere and if so
> can a link be added to the documentation??

Yes, it is the same.  The getURN() accessor in the Sequence
interface really ought to be called getURI() -- it's a
historical accident that it isn't, but I suspect their might
be some dissent if we change it now (if people think the change
/is/ a good idea, please speak out).

There's some explanation of getURN() in the tutorials, but maybe
we do need some more detail in the javadoc -- I'll fix that
in a minute, if nobody else is on this one.


Thomas.
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