Project structure

A basic driver should contain the following files and directories:

build.xml	ant build file
src/	all source code is below this directory in java packages
src/org/example/	package directory, using your organizations name. a package directory org/example corresponds to an organization named example.org
src/org/example/ExampleMapper.java	Driver class
lib/	optional: jar file dependencies

The Driver template

Let's start writing ExampleMapper.java. Here is an empty template

package org.example;

public class ExampleMapper implements IDMapper
{
	@Override
	public void close() throws IDMapperException
	{
		return;
	}

	@Override
	public Set<Xref> freeSearch(String text, int limit) throws IDMapperException
	{
		throw new UnsupportedOperationException();
	}

	@Override
	public IDMapperCapabilities getCapabilities()
	{
		throw new UnsupportedOperationException();
	}

	@Override
	public boolean isConnected()
	{
		return false;
	}

	@Override
	public Map<Xref, Set<Xref>> mapID(Collection<Xref> srcXrefs, DataSource... tgtDataSources)
			throws IDMapperException
	{
		throw new UnsupportedOperationException();
	}

	@Override
	public Set<Xref> mapID(Xref ref, DataSource... tgtDataSources) throws IDMapperException
	{
		throw new UnsupportedOperationException();
	}

	@Override
	public boolean xrefExists(Xref xref) throws IDMapperException
	{
		throw new UnsupportedOperationException();
	}
}

The build file

TODO

Initializing the driver

TODO

Unit testing

TODO

writing the mapper function

TODO

testing

TODO

writing the capabilities function

TODO

optional improvements

TODO